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" A nation's youths shouldn't be sent off to die. "

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" I think you mustn't tell your body, you mustn't tell your soul, 'I'm going to retire.' You may be changing your life emphasis, but there's still things that you have in mind to do that now seems the right time to do. "

" OK, boss, I don't mind shuffling, but I won't scratch my head. "

" The white actresses I have known have been allowed to do 10 times more than I shall ever do. "

" It is so calming, marriage. "

" My whole life is not defined by what Hollywood does. "

" Black women have to know the historical and everyday struggles of black men, and our men have to know the struggles of black women in America. "

" My experience for myself as a performer is not one of high expectations. "

" Marriage is more complex than we think. "

" The economics of life is against the family. "

" You can't be all you are meant to be if you think you are better than others, and you can't be all you are meant to be if you think you are less than others, either. "

" Marriage is really an exciting adventure. "

" Black filmmakers - I'm grateful for them. "

" An Oscar nomination? That would be a very satisfying thing, I'm sure. I would appreciate the thought. It would be like taking your hat off as an actor to all the people who walk through you. "

" I'm proud of doing 'Long Day's Journey into Night,' for which I won an ACE award. "

" Well, I didn't grow up with that word 'retirement' as part of my consciousness. I didn't grow up with professionals that retired. I thought retiring was when you are tired and go to bed. "

" I learned that having great sensitivity is important. But being strong is just as important. "

" The Divine Impulse - it's always safe to follow it. We've got to trust it and go wherever it takes us. Especially women. "

" I'd come from a background in New York of picketing and protesting. "

" I never remember, like, saying, 'Well, I'm going to belong - join the civil rights movement.' "

" God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear. "

" African-Americans have a lot to teach the world. "

" I'm an actor who appreciates direction. "

" I do remember the numbers runners, I do remember the poverty and bread lines. Harlem stays with you forever. "

" My constant battle is putting aside time wasters, and I have to watch out for procrastination. Staying on the path of something you're trying to create has much to do with having confidence in yourself and in your capacity to realize the things you want out of life. "

" You're not supposed to go into business with the sole purpose of putting your neighbor out of business. This is not the United States of Corporate America. "

" Black History Month is fine, but we need more months of the year to celebrate all the people on this earth. After all, we're all creatures of the same God. "

" We are all a tiger with feelings. An elephant who never forgets. We are tiger, panther, monkey - we are all of these things, all of the life rhythms. "

" I didn't have the kind of talent or personality that kept me dreaming about Hollywood. They don't hire little colored girls to do this or that. After I got that in my head, I took another direction. "