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" Pittsburgh is home. I was born there, and it will always have priority in that respect. "
Lamman Rucker
Born
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Will
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" I learned at a very young age how to be simplistic and sincere. "
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" I still get lots of folks who remember my days on ATWT and AMC. As a matter of fact, they're the proudest fans of all because they feel like, 'We were here first,' before I had other fans from all my other shows and movies. They feel a deeper sense of pride and connection to me and have followed my career ever since 2002. "
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" This is America, and everybody has the right to voice and to have an opinion and to have their commentary on things and people. "
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" I don't have a problem showing vulnerability. "
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" The perfect date is real simple. I wanna just spend a nice casual day walking in the park, playing on the swings... throwing bread crumbs to the ducks, really just chilling and getting to know each other and connecting with the real woman. "
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" There's no greater source of happiness than giving yourself to other people. "
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" I'm a proud Ellington alum. It has everything to do with who I am. "
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" We're human beings trying to love each other. There are constant revelations and room for growth. "
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" I have a Masters and a technology degree already. When I'm not in film or television, my wheels are spinning full time. "
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" People have no concept of boundaries. "
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" No one likes to be typecast, but I would like to believe that the attention I get is for my acting, but at the same time, darn it, if I get to keep playing the handsome, smart guy, then that's also a blessing, and it's the last thing I would complain about. "
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" Just take one small victory at a time. "
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" Sometimes you can see a pilot, and then when the series starts, it's different people. That's always possible. "
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" I wanted to create a line for women and men alike that would encourage them to embrace the harmony and divine balance of sensuality and spirituality within all of us. Forplai is an opportunity to not only smell good and feel good, but to also take time to connect with the heavens above and the god in you. "
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Men
Time
" I need a woman who is secure and loves herself first. Then she can share that love and light with me. "
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" It's not attractive to be talking down about yourself all the time. All you continue to do to yourself is pull yourself further down into a deeper place of depression and sadness and insecurity and fear and hopelessness, so it's like, having God in your life is important, accepting who you are is important, regardless of what you look like. "
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" I'm all about black folks working together and progressing together. "
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" I don't like a whole lot of flash and superficial stuff; I want a woman that's all-natural, in her purest form. "
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" Black people are not often considered mainstream. "
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Mainstream
Often
Black
" Sometimes, people only change what they look like for the acceptance of other people, and that's where you start going wrong. "
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" I'm especially honored that The Black Gents will debut Off-Broadway and pay tribute to The Tuskegee Airmen and other ancestors of that time who have embodied excellence, self-determination, and self-discipline. "
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" My ability to bring different characters to life is what has helped me advance in my career, and I would say as far as looks are concerned, well, I suppose that would be the icing on the cake, but acting comes first and foremost. "
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" Throughout my career, I wouldn't say my roles have been based on my being considered eye candy. "
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" Purity of the spirit is important. A lot of people don't focus on what's going on inside, and no matter what they look like, even sometimes when people do all this wonderful work or they are blessed naturally to look good on the outside, if their spirit is ugly - I don't care how fine you are, if you're ugly on the inside, then you're uglier. "
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" Most importantly, I realize the value of the other people - the extended family - the other people within my community, my cultures: my teachers and the other people I call Auntie, Uncle, Godfather, Godbrother, whatever. These are people who pulled you in and made you part of their lives and their homes. "
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" Everything is a negotiation. Everything is a little bit of give and take. "
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" You can change your body shape by permitting yourself to exercise and eat a healthy diet and so on - and we've heard miraculous stories of people who have lost hundreds of pounds, and they look like a completely different person - but that's not the norm for the average person, and a lot of times, people don't get that way in a healthy way. "
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