Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Quotes
I feel like being into the beat of your own drum has become too prominent in the culture.
Yasiin Bey
Black Star
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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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Catching the light and falling into dark And the world fades out like an overheard remark...In the falling dark
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We have the sort of beautiful older woman here in Paris. People like Loulou de la Falaise and Betty Catroux, all these beautiful looking women over 60... So there is culture here in France that even if you are older, you can stay beautiful.
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I do feel like I have always, in my life, been inclined to be on the outside, walk a different path or something. Because of that, and increasingly over the years, my sense of distance from mainstream society or from the way culture works, I have a different kind of perception of it.
Ian MacKaye
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I feel like being into the beat of your own drum has become too prominent in the culture.
Yasiin Bey
Black Star
