Mos Def Quotes

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.

Mos Def

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GoodPassionValueLanguageEnjoy

Food is just fuel for me.

Jimmy Savile

FoodMeJustFuel

In the car on my way to premieres and awards shows, I'll sit with tissue paper under my armpits so I don't soil the delicate dress fabric. The whole time, I'm telling myself, 'Please don't sweat, please don't sweat.' I throw the tissues out right before I step out of the car, and nobody ever knows! I just put on a smile and fake it.

Jessica Biel

SmileCarTimeMyselfDressStep

We believe that Liberty will redefine what is considered an academically prestigious university in the future.

Jerry Falwell, Jr.

FutureBelieveLibertyWillRedefine

I love comedy, but more than that, I love comedy that has a message and that has some stakes.

Jermaine Fowler

LoveComedyMoreMessageStakes

Very quickly a painting is turned into a facsimile of itself when one becomes so familiar with with it that one recognizes it without looking at it.

Robert Rauschenberg

PaintingLookingWithoutFamiliar

I have read on a Kindle. But the Kindle we had only worked for about eight months then it stopped working. You don't have to get books repaired.

Joyce Carol Oates

YouWorkingGetOnlyBooksEight

My favorite song is 'No Air,' a duet I did with Chris Brown. I don't want to sound weird or anything, but I listen to it a lot - it's always on my iPod!

Jordin Sparks

SongWeirdWantListenSoundAir

Sometimes I think opposable thumbs were invented so teenage girls could use text messaging.

Diane Lane

ThinkSometimesTeenage GirlsText

Space, time, matter, energy and biological life may be the result of a Source Field that is conscious and alive in its own unique way - on a scale far too vast for the finite mind to fathom.

David Wilcock

LifeTimeSpaceMindEnergyResult

I'm the middle man. I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. That's the way my mother raised me.

Donald Dunn

SmileMotherManHappyPeopleMe

I still have a book club with my friends from when I was 5. That's the privilege of growing up in a place where people want to remain. It's a huge gift.

Claire Danes

PeopleGrowing UpBookGiftFriends

I've learned a lot since I was a new mother. My approach to struggle and shame now is to talk to yourself like you'd talk to someone you love and reach out to tell your story.

Brene Brown

LoveMotherStruggleYourselfStory

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