Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Quotes
And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.
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The art of pictorial creation is so complicated - it is so astronomical in its possibilities of relation and combination that it would take an act of super-human concentration to explain the final realization.
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It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
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I was hanging out with no one under 21. I thought that if I really wanted to fit in I had to... show them that I was in a way just as adult as they were, 'cause I could hold my own just as well as they could, if not better.
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And when you look at the Turtle's movie there is something there, definitely something there.
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I believe that if you have revolutionary potential, you must make the world a better place and use it.
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Our workforce is very co-operative, very flexible, easy to work with and one of the big selling points. The idea that Britain is still back in the labour market of the '70s is utterly bizarre.
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What makes maftoul worth celebrating is that it's so easy and forgiving to cook.
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The great problem there is we have to have the cooperation of those other Asian countries.
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If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare.
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Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
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One result of An American Family was that I became a gay role model.
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When it comes to age, I just feel like puberty is, like, the most horrible time of anyone's life.
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It's like nothing's really happening. Our culture is almost dead.
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In theory, I work an eight-hour day and a five-day week which means I can socialise with my pals who mostly have normal jobs like teaching and computer programming.
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Tanning is tricky, because a lot of people just look orange.
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I believe in hard work, not luck factor. The best efforts will reap the best fruits. Nobody can take all the credit. We don't even talk about the efforts of the director, the writers, other technicians, etc. They all together take a film to another level.
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The name 'Republican' in some ways has been hijacked by obstructionists.
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It must be so hard trying to figure yourself out in this industry. Justin Bieber has hit rock-bottom with everyone watching him; that is just so tough.
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I think the success of a film is very important to an actor. It depends on how many people go to watch your movies; the more the merrier. Nobody wants to do a film for five people. You work so hard that millions of people watch the movie; this is directly related to box office success.
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Writing is all about the preservation of your own voice. So if you give that voice away by guessing what you think and you think and you think as you go, you’ll have less to say and then it’ll go away completely!
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I don't remember consciously not being able to play an instrument. It's been kind of like a language for me.
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I do remember seeing Godspell or Jesus Christ Superstar, one of those. It was a liberation theology venue. Anything radical seemed to be accepted there. I definitely picked up the idea there that you should question authority.
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And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.
