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You Quotes by Mos Def
- 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…
- I was taught when there's somethin' you can change around keep quiet, you got nothin' to complain about.
- You're not gonna get through life without being worshipful or devoted to something. You're either devoted to your job, or to your desires. So the…
- You have to be an extremist to believe that you're gonna be the president of the United States and your name is Barack Hussein Obama!…
- When people say, 'I don't see you enough,' well just because you don't see me don't mean I don't exist, or just 'cause you haven't…
- And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.
- I just don't think it's very dignified to ask people to like you. You can just wind up being somebody's ottoman.
- Twitter freaks me out. You have followers? It feels so obsessive and proprietary.
- I can't control what people think. I'm not trying to manipulate people's thoughts or sentiments. I write all the time. You have to experience life,…
- I guess something that you love to do, you gotta ease up off it and give it a little space, come back and be fresh…
- You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions.
- You want to know how to rhyme, then learn how to add. It's mathematics.
- Everything's got space between it, the planets, trees, your eyes. Your eyes get too close together, it's a whole different world. You can lose perspective.
- I never had any ambitions of being a movie star or anything like that, but you know, this is nice.
- If you're going to do Chuck Berry, you got to, you know, go all out, and the duck walk is just kind of you know,…
- Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records.
- I don't wanna get into that space where a lot of guys now, their solo album is like eight or 10 songs with other people,…
- It's possible and available to any artist to be himself or herself on their own terms, to be accepted and embraced by black people. You…
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- I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in… — Alexis Arguello
- Haiti, Haiti, the further I am from you, the less I breathe. Haiti, I love you, and I will love you always.… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide