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" 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. "
Hill Harper
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" If you can't get excited about living life, then what are you doing? "
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" My favorite vacation spot is a beautiful beach. I've been to many, many beaches on many continents: Mombasa, the Dominican Republic, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Barbados, Mexico and the U.S. What's beautiful about beach communities is for whatever reason, they feel like vacation to me. "
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" Gabrielle Union is my best friend. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" You never know what's going on in someone's life. You never know what's really going on behind what they present. "
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" So many of our young women today, they're growing up without a father, but they're still thirsty for that and desiring positive male love. "
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" We all have different timetables in reaching and realizing that being in healthy partnership is better than being on our own. "
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" People always want to think that because you're not from a certain circumstance, you can't relate. That's ridiculous. "
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" Screening for colon cancer can stop cancer in its tracks. "
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" At the end of a down day on Wall Street, we all need to be able to sleep peacefully at night. That comfort won't come from our bank balance. "
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" 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. "
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" People always think about what prison is. What prison really is - it's not a physical challenge, it's mental. "
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" Part of getting other people to focus on the future rather than being myopically focused on the present is about living that way yourself and showing that you can make choices today that are about future outcomes and still be having a great time into the present and enjoying your life. "
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" 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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" I've been trying to make a difference as an actor. I want to play characters that move people, have them look at their lives differently, or give them an escape. "
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" My father, obviously, and my mother were inspirations. My uncle, Frank Harper, he was an absolute mentor for me. "
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" Voting is an individual, personal thing. "
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" It's important for someone like me - who's known Obama for 20 years - to speak the truth. I know him to be a Christian man. I know him to be one of the greatest patriots. "
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" All work and no play make any forensic pathologist a dull boy. "
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" Being a celebrity doesn't have an iota of value when you're looking death in the eye. "
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" Change happens from the bottom up - all of us as individuals deciding that we will and we do have an impact. "
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" I think, without question, the way someone plays sports shows something about inherently who they are, you know? "
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" What's interesting is with a lot of the work I do through my foundation, the 'Manifest Your Destiny' foundation, we really encourage people, and we attempt to empower, uplift and inspire people to live out their dreams, live out their destiny. "
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