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Mos Def
Age: 50
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
Actor
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Singer
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What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends. The ability to have somebody read something and see it, or for somebody to paint an entire landscape of visual imagery with just sheets of words - that's magical.
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There's just some dysfunctionalism with artists.
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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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I thought everybody got into rock 'n' roll because they didn't want to follow instructions.
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Hip-hop is rock & roll. What the hell is Wu-Tang but Motorhead?
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Why did one straw break the camel's back? Here's the secret: The million other straws underneath it.
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Man, I smashed her like an Idaho Potato
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To me, it's like happiness is about happiness, but happiness is a fight.
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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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My presence speaks volumes before I say a word.
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The new moon rode high in the crown of the metropolis. Shinin', like Who on top of this?
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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 just about being noticed, you know?
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I don't care about what brand you are, I'm concerned what type of man you are, what your principles and standards are.
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We can be beautiful and feel beautiful about who we are everyday.
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I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.
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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, make observations, and ask questions. It's machine-like how things are run now in hip-hop, and my ambitions are different.
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I can't take it y'all I can feel the city breathin Chest heavin, against the flesh of the evening Sigh before we die like the last train leaving
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All the things that are worth doing, take time.
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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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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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