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Mos Def Quotes

What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: December 11, 1973

Topics

Language Economy Ability Take Like

There are a lot of stereotypes to be broken which I think a lot of us are doing. What I do is, as soon as people try to pin me down to one kind of part, I'll play a very different kind of role, so it explodes that stereotype.

Broken People Me Think Doing Play

I was so obsessed by this problem that I was thinking about it all the time - when I woke up in the morning, when I went to sleep at night - and that went on for eight years.

Morning Time Sleep Night Thinking

I respect other religions and other cultures.

Respect Cultures Religions Other

It's really sad for me that in the United States the Latino community is losing its culture and language, especially among kids born here - a lot of them can't even speak our language.

Community Sad Culture Losing Me

Our children are not going to be just 'our children' - they are going to be other people's husbands and wives and the parents of our grandchildren.

Children Parents People Grandchildren

The extreme sophistication of modern technology - wonderful though its benefits are - is, ironically, an impediment to engaging young people with basics: with learning how things work.

Work Learning Technology People

My son has dubbed me 'the Glove'.

I remember watching episodes of 'The Sopranos' and being filled with dread knowing what was coming or anticipating what was coming. I don't think that that's always a bad thing. I think sometimes the audience needs a little catharsis held away from them.

Courtney A. Kemp

Think Remember Bad Sometimes Knowing

Naturally, I've always felt more like a writer myself, and I've always written. I have people who are writers who've been promoting that side of me. I also draw, too. Those things I feel most comfortable in.

Myself People Me Feel Comfortable

My ambition is to be happy.

Happy Be Happy Ambition

The Holocaust only emerged in American life after Israel's victory in the 1967 Six Day war against its Arab neighbours.

Norman Finkelstein

Life Day War Victory American Only

When a movie star sits and talks to you, it's almost always, and only, because she's promoting something.

You She Always Star Something Only

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