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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.
Mos Def
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Mos Def
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
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I don't hate nobody. I hate certain conditions that are inflicted upon the people - and they're helpless with it.
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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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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 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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Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh.
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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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African art is functional, it serves a purpose. It's not a dormant. It's not a means to collect the largest cheering section. It should be healing, a source a joy. Spreading positive vibrations.
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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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My presence speaks volumes before I say a word.
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We can be beautiful and feel beautiful about who we are everyday.
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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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Crack mothers, crack babies and AIDS patients Youngbloods can't spell, but they could rock you in PlayStation.
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To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligent vocabulary for the world to be able to articulate feelings they experience everyday, and otherwise wouldn't have the means to express in a meaningful and useful way.
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Restlessness is my nemesis. It's hard to just chill and sit still.
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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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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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