Mos Def Quotes

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• Make today's solid ground out of yesterday's quicksand.

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  Life, Yesterday, Today

  89 Copy quote

• My presence speaks volumes before I say a word.

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  Speak, Volume

  Song: Auditorium, Album: The Ecstatic, 2009

  77 Copy quote

• 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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  Men, Principles, Care

  96 Copy quote

• Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh.

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  Fear, Men, Soul

  Song: Fear Not of Man

  94 Copy quote

• It’s one thing to be the greatest; it’s another thing to be necessary. The best are the most necessary: those who take less than they give and love more than they hate.

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  Hate, Giving, And Love

  78 Copy quote

• I dreamt that I could paint you with words, but there were no colors bright enough, black or white enough, blue or green enough...they didn't mean enough

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  Mean, Blue, Color

  91 Copy quote

• Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.

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  Art, Vocabulary, People

  83 Copy quote

• Don't look down, it's an impossible view; Fly like an eagle whatever you do.

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  Eagles, Views, Looks

  "Song: Dont Look Down". 2010.

  59 Copy quote

• 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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  Thinking, Get Better, Doe

  "David Bowie & Mos Def: The Style Council (2003 Cover Story)". Interview with Ben White, www.complex.com. January 11, 2016.

  53 Copy quote

• 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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  Destiny, Men, Faces

  81 Copy quote

• Peace before everything, God before anything,
  Love before anything, real before everything,
  Home before any place, shoot before anything,
  Style and state radiate, Love Power slay the hate.

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  Hate, Real, Rap

  64 Copy quote

• 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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  Ideas, Humanity, And Love

  74 Copy quote

• Hip-hop is a beautiful culture. It's inspirational, because it's a culture of survivors. You can create beauty out of nothingness.

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  Beautiful, Hip Hop, Survivor

  64 Copy quote

• Restlessness is my nemesis. It's hard to just chill and sit still.

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  Chill, Nemesis, Stills

  "Song: 'Hip Hop' ('Black on Both Sides')". 1999.

  40 Copy quote

• We blasted holes in the night until she bled sunshine

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  Sunshine, Night, Holes

  9 Copy quote

• All the things that are worth doing, take time.

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  Take Time

  18 Copy quote

• We can be beautiful and feel beautiful about who we are everyday.

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  Beautiful, Everyday, Who We Are

  53 Copy quote

• 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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  Hustle, Trying, Way

  29 Copy quote

• I ain't no perfect man I'm tryna do the best that I can with what it is I have.

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  Men, Perfect, Do The Best

  41 Copy quote

• I don't want to waste anyone's time or money. I want to give people some truth and positive heart lift.

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  Heart, People, Giving

  66 Copy quote

• I'm inspired by playwrights, novelists, poets: The value of language has been a lifelong passion of mine. I enjoy it. I'm good at it.

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  Passion, Novelists, Language

  5 Copy quote

• You want to know how to rhyme, then learn how to add. It's mathematics.

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  Add, Want, Mathematics

  "Go on Chuck, just make my day" by Paul Morley, www.theguardian.com. April 19, 2008.

  55 Copy quote

• I don't have advice for people on how to dress. People should dress based on what they find beautiful. My best advice: Keep your clothes clean.

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  Beautiful, Clothes, People

  "The Artist Formerly Known as Mos Def" by Mark Anthony Green, www.gq.com. September 11, 2012.

  16 Copy quote

• Live now for the promise of the Infinite

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  Promise, Infinite

  10 Copy quote

• You can positively affect and change a social circumstance with art, and it’s vital that a change happens now.

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  Art, Social, Circumstances

  10 Copy quote

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