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" I love being athletic and doing things that are active, even when I'm traveling. "
Hill Harper
Things
Love
Doing
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" Intimacy can be about holding someone's hand. It could be about stroking their hair. "
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" There's nothing wrong with wanting a partner and doing the things to have one. To protect ourselves, we have to say, 'I don't need one.' "
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Doing
" Dr. King said, 'We are all tied together in a garment of mutual destiny.' Which says to me no matter how well I may be doing in Hollywood, if a young brother or sister in Louisiana, the South Bronx, the South Side of Chicago, South Central Los Angeles - is not doing well, then I'm not doing very well. "
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Sister
" We all have inherited so many types of fears, whether they're race-based, culture-based, gender-based, age-based, family-based. And then we get comfortable with these fears. "
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Then
Get
" You're writing your life as you go - the question becomes, how do you want to write your life? "
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Want
Writing
Go
" 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?' "
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Youth
Mirror
Myself
" In acting class, teachers talk about how the 'givens' of a situation help define a character. "
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Teachers
Help
Situation
" I believe that reality TV should be called 'not reality' TV; it's fiction. "
Hill Harper
I Believe
Reality TV
Believe
" Credit card interest payments are the dumbest money of all. "
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Credit
Credit Card
Money
" My friend is a former race car driver, so he races for Mercedes, and I root for him. I have a car that I love to race, I'll take it to the track. "
Hill Harper
Love
Him
Car
" The thing about our country, Americans, and New Yorkers in particular, we all want to help. There's real folks who want to help. The problem is, they don't know how. They don't know how to get involved. "
Hill Harper
Real
Want
Problem
" 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. "
Hill Harper
Life
Courage
Heart
" There's a wealth gap that is happening, and that is all over the world, you know? The rich are getting richer and holding a higher percentage of money or wealth that's out there. "
Hill Harper
Rich
Wealth
You
" I've made money in real estate, hotel, and restaurant investments. "
Hill Harper
Hotel
Restaurant
Real Estate
" The longer you hold a dollar, the longer you hold money, the more valuable it becomes over time. So the younger you are, the more ability you have to hold money longer term. "
Hill Harper
Ability
You
Time
" I've done romantic comedy, and I don't get to flex that muscle often. "
Hill Harper
Comedy
Muscle
Get
" The real important things are kindness and a sense of humor. I've been fortunate to have dated and could have easily married women who have those qualities, and time and circumstances didn't work out. Timing plays a big part. "
Hill Harper
Time
Kindness
Humor
" Let me tell you, if you're ever making a decision and the principle reason you'll do it is because of money, then it is absolutely the incorrect decision. "
Hill Harper
Reason
Tell
You
" No matter how bad something gets, no matter where you come from, you can achieve anything. I really do believe that. "
Hill Harper
Believe
Achieve
Bad
" I think our biggest problem is lack of real, honest communication between black men and black women. A lot of men talk amongst men, and a lot of women speak amongst women. "
Hill Harper
Communication
Men
Think
" I will not reach my full potential as a man unless I find my partner. "
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Find
Man
Reach
" There are so many actors that I meet that don't act enough. Definitely take class, definitely train - that's the most important thing you do. Build your craft. Become better. "
Hill Harper
Enough
You
Important
" Gabrielle Union is my best friend. "
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Friend
Best Friend
Best
" I don't want the George Clooney lifelong bachelorhood. If I found the right person, I would commit in a minute. "
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Want
Person
Right Person
" My parents both are physicians, and my grandfathers were both physicians. "
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Physicians
Parents
Both
" Many of us are walking around living smaller lives than we're meant to live. Don't allow yourself to dream smaller than you were meant to dream. "
Hill Harper
Walking
You
Yourself
" The most impactful place that I've been to where I was just completely awestruck, happy, moved is Victoria Falls between Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is probably the most beautiful and romantic place in the world. "
Hill Harper
Happy
World
Romantic
" We all have choices we have to make, and with those choices come certain sacrifices. "
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Those
Come
Certain
" Poverty existed before January 20, 2008, OK? Before President Obama took office. "
Hill Harper
OK
President
January
" The media is convincing people that if you have that 'next thing,' that diamond, the right car, then you'd be happier. "
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Car
People
Right