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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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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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I come from a family of very devout, praying people. That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldnt be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind. – Mos Def

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

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Fear
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A line from one of my 1997 columns – Do one thing every day that scares you – is now widely attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, though I have yet to see any evidence that she ever said it and I dont believe she did. She said some things about fear, but not that thing. – Mary Schmich

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Fear

The biggest fear I have is to die with regrets, and of course that will come true. – Alexander Payne

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Fear

Im always interested in trying to investigate different personalities. I want to keep myself guessing and keep the fear element alive, so that I dont get too comfortable. – Michael Fassbender

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Fear

Having a child, thats always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child. – Marilyn Monroe

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Fear

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Nay, Madam, when you are declaiming, declaim; and when you are calculating, calculate. – Samuel Johnson

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If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then thats enough for me. – T-Bone Burnett

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relationship

It was my 16th birthday – my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and I just knew that that was the only thing I could ever really do – write songs and sing them to people. – Stevie Nicks

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Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized. – Albert Einstein

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