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If Islam's sole interest is the welfare of mankind, then Islam is the strongest advocate of human rights anywhere on Earth.

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Mos Def
Age: 50
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
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So rather than really have, like a close relationship to anything that's coming out today, people are just, they've got it on as background music. It's kind of the same way the cabdrivers use music it's very disposable. But, that doesn't mean there aren't a great number of artists who are doing things to change that.
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Hip-hop is rock & roll. What the hell is Wu-Tang but Motorhead?
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I seen her on the ave, spotted her more than once. Ass so fat that you could see it from the front.
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Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else.
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I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.
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It wouldn't be fair to cast aspersions on an entire cultural movement based on the actions of a few. To quote my grandfather, 'One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch.'
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And from the moment that I saw you, I knew you was trouble, But I disregarded detour signs, And did not stop til you was mine. I guess God was like, 'Aight, fine.' Careful what you wish for, cause you just might get it in heaps. Try to give it back, He be like, 'Nah, that's yours to keep.'
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I just don't think it's very dignified to ask people to like you. You can just wind up being somebody's ottoman.
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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 heard me don't mean I haven't been making noise. But if I keep making noise, you'll pick up.
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If 'Life in Marvelous Times' can't get on the radio, then I don't need to be on the radio.
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We can be beautiful and feel beautiful about who we are everyday.
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I know what it feels like to have the door slammed firmly in my face, so I'm cool with that.
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Make today's solid ground out of yesterday's quicksand.
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Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh.
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Mos Def is a name that I built and cultivated over the years, it's a name that the streets taught me, a figure of speech that was given to me by the culture and by my environment, and I feel I've done quite a bit with that name. [But] it's time to expand and move on.
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I tell people all the time, I've always loved music and I love the language, which is a huge reason why I'm part of theater. But, I didn't wanna do all of this. I would've been satisfied to do it, like, on the weekends among friends, and to have a regular job.
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Man, I smashed her like an Idaho Potato
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And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.
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That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.
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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.
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