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I began to fear that Mos Def was being treated as a product, not a

I began to fear that Mos Def was being treated as a product, not a person, so Ive been going by Yasiin since 99. At first it was just for friends and family, but now Im declaring it openly. – Mos Def

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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 wouldnt have the means to express in a meaningful and useful way. – Mos Def

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Mos Def
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Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they cant articulate. – Mos Def

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Art
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I know what it feels like to have the door slammed firmly in my face, so Im cool with that. – Mos Def

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cool
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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. – Bertrand Russell

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Theres no love more intense than the love we have for our kids – and where there is intense love, there is also intense fear lurking beneath the surface. – Arianna Huffington

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If you believe in yourself, if you are without fear, you will also be tolerant, non-aggressive and find love. – Rollo Armstrong

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Youve got to kick fear to the side, because the payoff is huge. – Mariska Hargitay

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Ridicule often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that which is noble. – Sir Walter Scott

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