Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Quotes
I feel like being into the beat of your own drum has become too prominent in the culture.
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The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes.
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In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
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We shall heal our wounds, collect our dead and continue fighting.
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Career-driven millennials are strategic about working obsessively while they are single and earning enough money to afford advanced education. Most are patient enough to wait until 30 or later to develop their dream.
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The culinary tradition in my family is very strong. My mother, a very wise woman, spent the better part of her life in a kitchen. It's a very strong part of her identity. I grew up there next to the fire.
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The U.S., especially Hollywood, is so strong for film production.
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People in Tulsa are totally friendly; the crowds are very nice.
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There are lots of things I'm acquainting myself with now to be a more well-rounded person.
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I will meet my countrymen. I understand only one language: that they are my countrymen, they are my brothers. You may see with whatever colour you want; Modi will not go into that colour.
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All of the religions are looking after the poor. At least leave me alone to look after the rich. I am the rich man's guru.
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Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!
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I didn't grow up a huge fan of the Western genre because there was never a female character to relate to or look up to.
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I played my first match aged six. Neither my opponent nor I knew how to score, so our parents had to help us out from the sidelines.
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When you have to get into the character each morning, give it your voice, your face, it was torture.
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Characters actors don't usually get noticed until they're about 38 or so.
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What Einstein was able to do was - to use a cliche - think out of the box.
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If man was the relative of animals, then animals were the relatives of man, and in degrees bearers of that inwardness of which man, the most advanced of their kin, is conscious in himself.
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I don't have bad taste; I have no taste. I wear a lot of the things I wore in high school, but not the cowl-neck sweaters. I was never tall, and I am the same size, so I still wear a lot of those clothes.
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I reveled in the most basic rules and techniques that are the foundation of professional cooking. For example, it is essential to use a sharp knife: the sharper the knife, the more fluid and precise your work and the less likely you are to get hurt. Dull knives are a danger - they slip far more often.
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I collect handkerchiefs. I know that's sort of old-timey, but my mom started the collection for me, and now I have a bunch. Basically, I have a myriad of beautiful handkerchiefs, and I carry them like a grandmother in my purse. And I opt for hankies in any situation.
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Proper love should be utterly supportive and comfortable, and it feels like a raincoat or a jacket potato.
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I had an awful lot of my soul invested in Atari culture.
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I feel like being into the beat of your own drum has become too prominent in the culture.
