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I cannot be understood in three minutes.


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Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment.

Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment.



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You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were.



To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.

To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.



I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.

I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.



I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people.

I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people.




I do know that I'm responsible not for what happens, but for what I make of it.

I do know that I'm responsible not for what happens, but for what I make of it.



I am the me I choose to be.

I am the me I choose to be.



You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are.

You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are.



I set my star so high that I would constantly be in motion toward it.

I set my star so high that I would constantly be in motion toward it.





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When you are DOWN for satan, you'll be LOADED with sin... and you'll DOWNLOAD failure! You and I can't be part of that mess!

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And when I think about it, I guess it is true that people always arrive at the right moment at the place where someone awaits them

And when I think about it, I guess it is true that people always arrive at the right moment at the place where someone awaits them



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Stop your whining. If you are frightened, be silent. Whining is for prey. It attracts predators. And you are not prey.



I guess I'm motivated by the fear of failure to some degree and knowing what can happen when you don't do things the way you need to do them to have success.

I guess I'm motivated by the fear of failure to some degree and knowing what can happen when you don't do things the way you need to do them to have success.



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You're forced to step into that performer role. I can't just hide behind a synthesizer forever.



There is quite enough sorrow and shame and suffering and baseness in real life, and there is no need for meeting it unnecessarily in fiction.

There is quite enough sorrow and shame and suffering and baseness in real life, and there is no need for meeting it unnecessarily in fiction.




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