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" For me, self-esteem-building and confidence-building is the foundation for anything that we do, whether you want to be a writer, a painter, or a entrepreneur. "

Hill Harper

You

Foundation

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" I'm not telling anyone, 'Quit your job and be homeless to go for your dream.' "

" The word 'courage,' one of my favorite words, the root or the etymology of that word is 'cour,' which means heart. I think true courage is actually following your heart and not getting or succumbing to what other people's definition of what your life should be. Live your life. "

" Certainly, those of us in the entertainment industry, we are part of creating fear in people - 'fear' for me stands for 'false evidence appearing real.' We create fantasy, and in certain ways that's wonderful because it allows people to escape. But it can suck people into wanting to achieve something that isn't real. "

Hill Harper

Escape

Fear

" I don't want the George Clooney lifelong bachelorhood. If I found the right person, I would commit in a minute. "

" Men and women can absolutely be friends, and that's what we need to be. Part of the problem is that we aren't friends enough. Our relationships are negotiations, and that is not friendship. "

" I love being athletic and doing things that are active, even when I'm traveling. "

" I believe that reality TV should be called 'not reality' TV; it's fiction. "

" Money is important. It is an important resource to have to help us build the life we want, but we overvalue it. "

Hill Harper

Build

Important

" On the male side of my family, cancer has been very insidious, and so I'm just attempting to live a lifestyle that doesn't follow in their footsteps. "

Hill Harper

Family

Lifestyle

" Here's the deal: I believe - and I attempt to live my life this way - we all have more time than we think we do. We all waste so much time. "

" You deserve a great life. I want to see you become unreasonably happy. And you can. And you will. "

" People always think about what prison is. What prison really is - it's not a physical challenge, it's mental. "

" Since I'm in the entertainment business, I think I have to hold a mirror up to myself and say, 'Am I complicit in miseducating and misinforming our youth by participating in this business, or can I use this business to re-educate and uplift?' "

" You can live a healthy lifestyle and do the best to be aware of your body and conscious, and that's what I attempt to do. "

" Once you have a felony conviction on your record, one of the most difficult things to do is to break the cycle of recidivism. "

" I would suggest that folks who have a platform of so-called celebrity, to the extent that they don't use that platform, or if they just use it for their own self-aggrandizement, it is certainly fed in a way that it goes to waste. "

" I've done romantic comedy, and I don't get to flex that muscle often. "

" We all have choices we have to make, and with those choices come certain sacrifices. "

" I've made money in real estate, hotel, and restaurant investments. "

" You can't have justice unless you have truth. "

" You can't build anything with a flimsy foundation. Friendship is the foundation. "