Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Quotes
In the early '90s, when I really started to find my voice, I was reading a lot of books, and I was moved by the writers, like Chinua Achebe, and I wanted to be able to write rhymes that were as potent as what I was reading.Yasiin Bey Black Star
Quotes to Explore
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There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.
Hanna Rosin -
Newspapers are busily experimenting with different models. Traditionally, and I suspect in hindsight very mistakenly, online news was free. And once given free access readers felt it was their entitlement.
Malcolm Turnbull -
I love people, and the hustle.
Gary Vaynerchuk -
I've always gone for the more sensitive, bookish guy, totally. The jock boys, the sporty guys, I don't know... they just didn't do it for me.
Laura Ramsey -
I am positive that I would see the end of child labour around the world in my lifetime, as the poorest of the poor have realised that education is a tool that can empower them.
Kailash Satyarthi -
A lot of the tabloid stories are written so well, they're very clever and very funny. But you have to focus on what's really important and not read them - don't dive into it and don't get caught up in it.
Calista Flockhart
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Many people dream about being an entrepreneur, starting their own business, working for themselves, and living the good life. Very few, however, will actually take the plunge and put everything they've got into being their own boss.
Fabrizio Moreira -
And he said that he didn't want to have a war or anything like that again.
Samantha Smith -
I am a bit of a Pollyanna - I spend most of my day happy.
Ted Danson -
I refuse to dress 'hot' for Halloween, 'cause I always have to have makeup and hair and look cute for my job. So on Halloween, I either go gory or weird or funny.
Rachel Platten -
I would like to see 'A Confederacy of Dunces' by John Kennedy Toole adapted.
Tamara Feldman -
So long as you've got your friends about you, and a good positive attitude, you don't really have to care what everyone else thinks.
Gail Porter
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I always wanted to perform. I remember being 5 years old and telling my parents to sit down as I was going to put on a play for them.
Tammin Sursok -
I think a lot of people think because I was getting the divorce, that was really the catalyst for gaining so much weight.
Valerie Bertinelli -
I thought I had gotten second, but I didn't, so I was really happy.
Carly Patterson -
None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.
Ferdinand Foch -
The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid.
J. D. Salinger -
Among other things he found a sharp hunting knife, on the keen blade of which he immediately proceeded to cut his finger. Undaunted he continued his experiments, finding that he could hack and hew splinters of wood from the table and chairs with this new toy.
Edgar Rice Burroughs
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This is catch, photo and release. It couldn't be easier.
J. M. Roberts -
I love being on stage if I'm not on a set. If I'm at home, I'm usually in my office editing or reconstructing my website or whatever it may be. I just love putting creativity into a performance, so if the right script comes along, and I certainly am reading comedies and dramas now, then I'm ready willing and able to give it a shot.
Dane Cook -
When I was writing my first novel, 'Where the Line Bleeds,' which had young black men as its main characters, I was very invested in telling the story and also very worried about the effects the story would have.
Jesmyn Ward -
One must either stop reading the Bible altogether, or else leave off spending one's whole time in just doing easy pleasant things one likes to do.
Elizabeth Prentiss -
In the early '90s, when I really started to find my voice, I was reading a lot of books, and I was moved by the writers, like Chinua Achebe, and I wanted to be able to write rhymes that were as potent as what I was reading.
Yasiin Bey Black Star