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" When I get stopped by the police, I keep my hands on the wheel. I'm not going to move. "

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

" What I've found in doing research is that men want a relationship that feels fun. In other words, they want a relationship that has qualities or elements of their same-sex relationships - just like women do, too. "

" 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. "

" Whatever your calling is as a service, follow it - that's beautiful. "

" My father, obviously, and my mother were inspirations. My uncle, Frank Harper, he was an absolute mentor for me. "

" I will not reach my full potential as a man unless I find my partner. "

" 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. "

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

" You never know what's going on in someone's life. You never know what's really going on behind what they present. "

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

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

" I'm not excusing crime or those who bring poison into the community, but I do want brothers and sisters in prison to know someone cares. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Gabrielle Union is my best friend. "

" Many of us are in are in our own prisons that aren't made of iron bars. "

" It's heartening when people hear for the first time that their vote really matters. "

" My parents both are physicians, and my grandfathers were both physicians. "

" When I was dealing with cancer, I was working on a book about finances. I realized that the same methodology that the doctors were using to cure me, you could use to cure your finances. Health and wealth are so linked, it's amazing. "

" 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?' "

" 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. "

" Voting is an individual, personal thing. "

" I champion the idea of being more conscious. I call it being an active architect of your own life. Building your life like an architect builds a structure. "

" 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. "

" Without writers, none of the entertainment would exist. It starts with writers. Writers are the most important piece of the entire puzzle. "

" There will always be crazy things that happen in our lives, but love is the central connector. If we commit to love and partnership, the other stuff doesn't matter. "

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

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