Mos Def Quotes

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?

Mos Def

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BeautyStylePurposeYouLookKnow

If you were in Spain or Brazil, most of the population there is interacting with WhatsApp multiple times a day.

Jim Goetz

DayYouBrazilSpainPopulation

From the law firm's perspective, billing by the hour has a certain appeal: it shifts risk from the firm to the client in case the work takes longer than expected. But from a client's perspective, it doesn't work so well. It gives lawyers an incentive to overstaff and to overresearch cases.

Robert Pozen

WorkPerspectiveLawLawyersRisk

I've always thought if we don't want to enforce laws on the books, we should remove them from the books. But when you have laws, you breed contempt if you don't enforce them.

Michael Bloomberg

ThoughtYouWantAlwaysLawsBooks

I come from a tough stock.

Michael Douglas

ToughComeStock

I am someone who doesn't say no to opportunities and, thus, would be happy to do something interesting on television.

Amruta Khanvilkar

I AmHappyBe HappyOpportunities

Outsourcing is inevitable, and I don't think it's necessarily treating people like things.

Stephen Covey

PeopleThinkInevitableThingsLike

I'm looking forward to the future, and feeling grateful for the past.

Mike Rowe

FutureGratefulPastLooking Forward

I've always felt that celebrity was wonderful for a lot of the perks that it could give you.

Judith Light

YouCelebrityAlwaysWonderfulGive

My brother was a huge fan of 'The Hunger Games' for a couple of years before I got the role, so he was really excited when he heard that I got the role.

Willow Shields

BrotherGamesYearsHungerExcited

I come from a state in India that is a matrilineal state, Kerala. And so women really are seen as very powerful.

Pramila Jayapal

WomenPowerfulIndiaSeenComeVery

I'd like to think I've left something in the world. Without in any way trying to be morbid, but life is very short, and I'd like to think I'd leave some body of work that would inspire other musicians long after I've gone.

Paul Weller

LifeWorkWorldInspireThinkShort

Obviously, the good thing about golf, it's difficult to really, really blow it after five holes unless it goes really, really, really... really, really, really wrong. But you still have 13 to go, and if you have a good run, where you make five or six birdies, you can get it back somehow.

Sergio Garcia

GoodGolfYouBackWrongRun

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