Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Quotes
With guys I revere, like Marcus Garvey or Malcolm X, their look is less about style than purpose and the expression of beauty. It wasn't just about being noticed, you know?
Quotes to Explore
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I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions.
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Recruiting Station was a story that came as the result of many anxious awakenings during many nights.
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I play PC and Xbox games at home, and I just got a PSP as a birthday present.
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I love cooking and baking.
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Clothes, thank God I can get them from designers.
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Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.
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We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.
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To me, success is choice and opportunity.
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In 2005 in Iraq, the constitution was written. A new government was elected. That government was trying to take office in 2006.
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Even though my shoes are different from Ferragamo's aesthetic, which is more classic, I learned the importance of fit and quality. We were making shoes like they used to, by hand, and I carried that with me.
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I think sincerity was my sole aesthetic and realism my experimental technique.
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I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
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Only science and the spirit of seeking truth from facts can save China. I firmly believe in this.
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We constantly had family conversations. A lot of conversations about life. We've always been a family to where we did everything together, whether it was karate or Bible study... I just really had a chance to look and learn.
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There is a tendency to try to dumb everything down and turn everything into a one-paragraph press release or even less, just a slogan.
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I've always had very catholic tastes.
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In my view, you can't go to the future if you haven't come from the past.
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I bat righty.
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Denzel Washington is a person I will always emulate. I emulate him because he focuses on real life. Because of that he has made me a better person.
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We’re all a little mad, my friend. Keeps life interesting.
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We had this budding baby band going and we hadn't reached that development we wanted to reach before we got signed to a major label.
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When I was a kid, I thought I was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and then the smartest person in the world. One by one my delusions got shut down. Now I just see myself as the lamest guy in the world.
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I had nothing and lived in the most insignificant place.
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With guys I revere, like Marcus Garvey or Malcolm X, their look is less about style than purpose and the expression of beauty. It wasn't just about being noticed, you know?
