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I have no confidence issues with the impact or the quality of the music. No one in hip-hop, before this point and to this point, with all due respect, has done this.

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Mos Def
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
Actor
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Singer
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They say that when a man faces his destiny, the destiny ends and he becomes the man that he really is.
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The moment you start thinking it's hopeless, then it is. [But], if you think it's gonna get better, it really does. Life is a test.
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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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Fame is like getting across the street. It's like, if there's nothing to be across the street for, it's a pointless destination. It's like, I gotta get across the street, man! I gotta be there! I gotta be there! Then you get across the street and you're like, Yeah I'm here! And then, that's it. Fame doesn't make you particularly happy.
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Restlessness is my nemesis. It's hard to just chill and sit still.
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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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I'd bet a million dollars on DOOM against Lil' Wayne
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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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My presence speaks volumes before I say a word.
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I think hip-hop is actually one of the most challenging things that's happened in music in a long time. The people who are in charge of what people see or hear are afraid. What you hear on top 40 or what you see on BET or MTV is not a fair representation of what is really going on...
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Hip-Hop went from selling crack to smoking it
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I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.
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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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If it's just fame for the sake of being famous, no one even cares about you - and you don't even care about yourself because you're like, This is so ridiculous.
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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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What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends.
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