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 photographed rocks and trees and tide pools and nudes and all that stuff for years and years. Until 20 years ago when I found that I could do it in the studio and never have to travel.
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Whenever I see something that challenges me, I take it on.
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I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I guess I had it pretty soft.
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The super awesomeness would be a portable teleportation machine that I could take with me. I go wherever I want, and then I can go from there to wherever I want. Instantly. Without having to go through TSA. One can wish.
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My friends, do we realize for what purpose we are convened? Do we fully understand that we aim at nothing less than an entire subversion of the present order of society, a dissolution of the whole existing social compact?
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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?
