Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Quotes

I can't take it y'all I can feel the city breathin Chest heavin, against the flesh of the evening Sigh before we die like the last train leaving

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• We've tried to make a Superman movie where he does stuff and you go, 'Yeah, if I was Superman, that's what I'd do.' Even though he's an alien, he's more relatable, more human.

  

  Zack Snyder
  • Movie
  • You
  • Alien

• Even though my mother had told me growing up that, 'If you win, nobody cares what color you are,' that wasn't necessarily true in the N.F.L.

  

  Warren Moon
  • Up
  • True
  • Mother

• The hardest thing to do and most miserable films are comedies.

  

  Eddie Marsan
  • Most
  • Miserable
  • Hardest

• Reddit strives to be a community-oriented link-sharing and news site, which means that all our content is submitted and voted on by members of our community. We don't interfere with that process at all, either in an editorial or curation capacity.

  

  Yishan Wong
  • Community
  • Process
  • News

• The first song I wrote was called 'Here I Go Falling In Love' I wrote it in the sixth grade.

  

  Babyface
  • Love
  • Song
  • Falling In Love

• The list of problems that we all experience may be endless, but I honestly cannot abide by the rule that, 'He who yells louder is heard.'

  

  Rachel Nichols
  • May
  • Experience
  • Problems

• Russia and China completely disagree with the international order that was established after World War II, and they're trying to take it apart right before our eyes.

  

  Jack Keane
  • World
  • Trying
  • War

• All I can say is, it's not very easy for a woman to be associated with The Beatles.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Woman
  • Easy
  • Say

• I know it's surprising, but there is a generation of people who haven't seen a Bond movie. They have no idea what it is. I want to entertain them as much as anyone else.

  

  Daniel Craig
  • People
  • Movie
  • Want

• I love dive bars, old movie theaters, live music and good food. The simplest things in life for me are the most important.

  

  Tanya Fischer
  • Life
  • Music
  • Important

• Luck is going to play a huge part in your life.

  

  Kate Reardon
  • Life
  • Play
  • Luck

• The common thread in all my projects is 'girls being awesome.' Can we make that a genre?

  

  Rae Carson
  • Being
  • Awesome
  • Common

• I love 'Harry Potter.' I'm a huge nerd - I would dress up if I could.

  

  Veronica Roth
  • Dress
  • Nerd
  • Huge

• If a woman gets tough in negotiations, she's difficult, whereas a man would be considered a brilliant businessman.

  

  Tamara Mellon
  • She
  • Man
  • Woman

• Liberman said to me, 'I must cut back on the work you do for Vogue. The editors don't like it. They say the photographs burn on the page . After some years, I began to understand that what they wanted of me was simply a nice, sweet, clean-looking image of a lovely young woman.

  

  Irving Penn
  • Work
  • Me
  • Nice

• A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the 'why' for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any 'how.'

  

  Viktor E. Frankl
  • Life
  • Work
  • Why

• Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

  

  Oliver Herford
  • Art
  • Modesty
  • Gentle

• The roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It's intoxicating.

  

  Vin Scully
  • Music
  • Always
  • Crowd

• Sometimes I'd literally show up at the gym having a panic attack, and my trainer would be like, 'All right, let's just go get breakfast.' I can't give enough credit to him... he was really there for me, and not just like a trainer where it's like, 'Well, come on, man, I gotta pump you up.' He cared more about my mind and the state that I was in.

  

  Dylan O'Brien
  • Up
  • Mind
  • Gym

• You will never possess what you are unwilling to pursue.

  

  Mike Murdock
  • Positive
  • Motivational
  • Encouragement

• In our explorations of Ecclesiastes and of our own lives, we have identified three things: Belong to people Accept pain as part of your life Know that you have made a difference

  

  Harold Kushner
  • Know
  • Accept
  • Belong

• Whatever happens, I train hard for the fans and their support.

  

  Nonito Donaire
  • Support
  • Fans
  • Train

• My main concern with the condition of mathematics in high school is that there's a lot of fear involved! Math is not, generally speaking, presented in a fun way. The concepts, as I see them, are fun, and that's the way I'd like to convey them myself.

  

  Danica McKellar
  • School
  • Fun
  • High

• I can't take it y'all I can feel the city breathin Chest heavin, against the flesh of the evening Sigh before we die like the last train leaving

  

  Yasiin Bey Black Star
  • Leaving
  • Cities
  • Train