Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Quotes
I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is.
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Kevin Hart. He's the man! I like his style. He's short, so I can relate. All the stories he tells are real. I respect that, and he's just a really funny dude - great comedy instincts. To do stand-up on a stage for an hour and tell stories and make people laugh is incredible.
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For me, and this may not be everybody, but because I do love country music so much, there's such a feeling of home in Nashville, especially because it's such a small town. You bring up one song, everybody knows who wrote it, everybody knows their mother and what their cell number is, and all of the stories.
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Usually, English personalities are difficult; they don't take criticism easily.
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I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people wanted to see something new on television.
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There's a lot of interviews now where nobody seems to talk about anything. Like it's illegal. But it can be fun if you stay involved. Like most conversations.
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I don't normally vote. I'm lazy and I never bought into the 'Every vote counts.'
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You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.
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I live in a bus and go from place to place and sometimes feel very detached from what's going on.
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Our critics would love nothing more for us to go away and just be quiet. And we won't give them that satisfaction. We have young children that, one day, when they understand more of what's happened and what's transpired, we wanna be able to say to them, you know, we did our best. And we told the truth.
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Everyone needs help when they try something new.
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Shaming people into being virtuous doesn't change behaviour.
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My dad worked several jobs to pay for my expense in skating.
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The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
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I drink a gallon of water a day.
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Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it's the most exquisite love of all.
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All day long the door of the sub-conscious remains just ajar; we slip through to the other side, and return again, as easily and secretly as a cat.
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The way to write is well, and how is your own business.
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I'm a rock and roll singer.
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There are challenges in terms of the measurement of VAR for what are known as nonlinear derivatives, where things like gamma and vega are important dimensions of the risk.
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Social peace requires reciprocity.
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I have definitely worked on that... being efficient and also being smarter with my pressure.
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The path of least resistance is the path of the loser.
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I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is.
