Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Quotes
I don't have advice for people on how to dress. People should dress based on what they find beautiful. My best advice: Keep your clothes clean.
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I can't conceive of cooking in a sunny place like Florida because my motivation comes from the changing seasons. That's why I decided to live in New York.
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Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
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We have to embrace the good over the bad. That has to be one's personal project.
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When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different stuff, you know what I mean?
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Working with Bruno Mars would be really awesome. I'm such a fan of his, and I love that he's a real artist.
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I have been acting since I was thirteen.
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You are an athlete when you're onstage. You can't get tired.
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Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed.
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Going to a concert is so overwhelming and the energy is amazing.
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The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.
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Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.
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It's a society of knowledge and experience. You have better experience and knowledge when you are 60, 65 and 70.
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I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes.
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I respect Marvel as a company, and I think they're great, but never in my life have I looked up to being a superhero.
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I like having those preseason games and exhibitions to really get ready for the regular season and get yourself off to a good start.
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Without literature my life would be miserable.
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I'm constantly involved in theater, looking at theater, trying to do work in theater, support theater. And that's kind of my creative passion.
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But if the technological Singularity can happen, it will.
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Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit.
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I don't 'handle' people. It's so much easier to manipulate actors than to really have an earnest discussion with them. It's very easy to say whatever's going to appease them and then turn around and do whatever you want to do. It's difficult to be forthright with people, because the job does not lend itself to that.
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In a banana republic, one might slip on a banana peel but things do work - now and then for the people, albeit inefficiently and unreliably.
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I don't have advice for people on how to dress. People should dress based on what they find beautiful. My best advice: Keep your clothes clean.
