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- Nov 07, 2020
Being Quotes
On identity, openness and staying true to yourself.
This set of quotes explores what it means to simply be: holding onto a child's spontaneity, embracing honesty that feels inappropriate in creative work, or aging with flexibility instead of resistance. For more on self-belief, see our Able quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to have fun, but I don't think of myself as being funny. But I'm a big jokester, so I make fun of myself a lot!
- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up playing sports, and being athletic was just something I have always hung on to.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm sure I tried being mean at one point, and I don't think it worked. It's too much work.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to pride myself on being nice to everyone and not letting egos get in the way.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
We in this entertainment industry try to act like we're so super powerful. we're not being honest, because we're human, and in our humanity there's a little fear.
- Forget
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's easy to forget history or give it a cliff notes. The cliff notes of history. But mainly, so much of what happens in 'Eyes on the Prize' happened in Jackson, Mississippi. Jackson, Mississippi isn't really known for any other touchstone to the movement, other than Medgar Evers being killed. There were sit-ins and riots and atrocities.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was only 11 when we filmed the pilot. The idea of a rapper being a star on a sitcom just wasn't heard of.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many U.S. organizations believe that I am being barred from the country not because of my actions but because of my ideas. The conclusion seems inescapable.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being Muslim has become synonymous with pointed questions, with tension and mistrust, even with conflict. It has become a global phenomenon with profound consequences for inter-communal relations, political rhetoric and policies at the local, regional, national and international level.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not interested in going and doing a big, action-adventure romp with nothing to say about being a human being.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020