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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Psychoanalysis is out, under a therapeutic disguise, to do away entirely with the moral faculty in man.
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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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The First Amendment applies to rogues and scoundrels. You don't lose your First Amendment rights because of a sleazy personality, or even for having committed a crime. Felons in jail are protected by the First Amendment.
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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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I definitely like wearing leotards.
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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 think that, like in my writing, reality is always a soap bubble, Silly Putty thing anyway. In the universe people are in, people put their hands through the walls, and it turns out they're living in another century entirely. … I often have the feeling - and it does show up in my books - that this is all just a stage.
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My son, who's on the spectrum is a very rigid thinker. He needs clear-cut definitions of right and wrong. Anything hazy or gray confuses him. For instance, if I try to get him to see that a friend behaved badly, he'll often get upset with me because a friend is a 'good guy' by definition, in his book.
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Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.
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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?
