"I never had any ambitions of being a movie star or anything like that, but you know, this is nice."

-- Mos Def

#Stars Quotes #Nice Quotes #Ambition Quotes

“I look forward to working out every day.”
“Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.”
“There is no room in your mind for negative thoughts. The busier you keep yourself with the particulars of shot assessment and execution, the less chance your mind has to dwell on the emotional. This is sheer intensity.”
“How is AIDS research to progress when the premise of science is questioning but the premise of questioning HIV is considered so dangerous that even venturing into the facts is too great a risk?”

Source : "Foo Fighter Fires Back", www.motherjones.com. March 10, 2000.
“During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They were simply not welcome in many of the traditional schools. And from this backward policy grew the network of historical black colleges and universities.”
“No democratic world will work as it should work until we recognize that we can only enjoy any right so long as we are prepared to discharge its equivalent duty. This applies just as much to states in their dealing with one another as to individuals within the states.”
“I love change, and I love changing my hair. But it was strange to look in the mirror and think 'Who is this girl?”
“Art will not solve your problems. It will not enable you to live merrily.”

Source : "On Living Merrily and Trusting Good Verses" by Robert Pinsky, bigthink.com.

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