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" We are human beings. We operate from wanting to be rewarded. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You're writing your life as you go - the question becomes, how do you want to write your life? "

" Being a celebrity doesn't have an iota of value when you're looking death in the eye. "

" I'm not the biggest star in the world, but I do have a platform, and if I can use that platform to help somebody else, why wouldn't I? "

" People are afraid of an unorganized, wasteful government. "

" I say 'date potential.' The reason why is no matter who you date, anyway, five years from now, you're going to be different, and he's going to be different. The key is to really find somebody that you can grow with that you can change with, evolve with and that you can be partners with. "

" Poverty existed before January 20, 2008, OK? Before President Obama took office. "

" When it comes to African Americans and African American actors, Hollywood has always felt that if you can make us laugh, that's fine, but we don't need to see you do a 'Schindler's List,' where there's no jokes or music or comedic through-line. "

" Screening for colon cancer can stop cancer in its tracks. "

" Voting is an individual, personal thing. "

" On 'CSI: NY,' the audience knew I was a really good guy, and I caught the bad guy. "

" You're in a situation where you have limited education opportunities, you don't have any money, you can't get a job; what are you going to do? You're going to go back to this criminal network that you actually made while you were in prison. "

" The best way to protect young black, brown, men of color, women of color, is to actually stop profiling, stop the prejudice, and stop the judgment first. "

" Intimacy can be about holding someone's hand. It could be about stroking their hair. "

" People always want to think that because you're not from a certain circumstance, you can't relate. That's ridiculous. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" Part of the problem in today's world is that many men are taught that they have to 'make it' before they should even consider committed to a healthy partnership. "

" I'm really proud of the characters I've been able to play. Certainly, playing the character on 'CSI' as Dr. Sherman Hawkes is a wonderful stereotype-busting role. "

" I believe we all have the capacity to be masters of many things, and there's nothing that we can't do. You can be a great actor and also be a great writer. There's so many things that all of us have the capacity to do. But somehow, life tries to convince us that we'd be lucky to do even one thing well, and I disagree. "

" The media is convincing people that if you have that 'next thing,' that diamond, the right car, then you'd be happier. "

" No matter how bad something gets, no matter where you come from, you can achieve anything. I really do believe that. "

" With my first book, 'A Letter to a Young Brother,' I figured it would be my only book I was ever going to write. What happened with that is a lot of young men would reach out to me. "

" 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. "