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The world has no idea how much it owes to the presence of righteous men in it.
World Idea Owe Presence
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Persistence in prayer for someone whom we don't like, however much it goes against the grain to begin with, brings about a remarkable change in attitude.

Persistence Prayer Whom Grain
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If lies can show the truth, they can be the truth, they can cause the truth, so I may build an empire on lies, but they are the truth.

Truth Lie Build Empire
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My friends and I were the class clowns in high school, so one day we were showing off at our seats, and I fell off my chair! I had to get stitches, and I had a bloody lip. I was trying so hard to be a cool class clown!

Bloody Chair Class Class Clown
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There's an old saying in Hollywood: It's not the length of your film, it's how you use it.

Film Hollywood How Length
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Unless one learns how to relish the taste of Sabbath … one will be unable to enjoy the taste of eternity in the world to come.

Learns Taste Sabbath Eternity
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It irritates me how most of the world fights against racism until it's against black people...and we let them.

Irritates World Fights Racism
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Courtesy demands that you, when you are a guest, shall show neither annoyance nor disappointment--no matter what happens.

Courtesy Demand Guest Annoyance
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Sometimes I think people don't understand how easy and safe it is to never say anything controversial or speak out. How 'wise' it is to always keep your opinion or thoughts in your pocket. Nobody wants backlash. Nobody has time for insults.

Safe Speak out Never Controversial
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How we view ourselves is often not how we are perceived by others. Surround yourself with those who give honest (even uncomfortable) opinions on who you are to them.

Perceived Surround Opinions Uncomfortable
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Life is about the ride, not the vehicle you show up in.
Life Ride Vehicle Show up
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Do not discount how others describe you. Assess the source, the comments, and the intent. It will either help you learn more about you, or learn a lot about those you give your time to.

Discount Source Comments Intent
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I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.

Becoming Established How Know
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There will always be those who continuously test your resolve. Stay true to you. Love who you and believe in your values. That way, however they try to manipulate any situation, you will never sink to their level.

True to you Believe Values Never
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But I really do have a soft spot for the solo shows. Any musician who writes and sings will tell you that's the center of it, that is it. It's almost like there's something church-like about it and you gotta go back there, if you're a songwriter that sings your material.

About Almost Any Back
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Never forget how beautiful and powerful you are and there's nothing you set your mind to that you can’t achieve

Beautiful Powerful Mind You
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Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.

After Been Courage Days
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I am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.

Also Am Channel Emotion
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Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.

Bit Hard How Look
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It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.

Surprising How Much Memory
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What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road you're on, and the fact that you know how to drive.

What Keeps You Going
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There's always a part of your nation's history that you haven't been told that... has a powerful impact on how you yourself may behave and may believe.

There's Always Part Your
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I don't understand how any good art could fail to be political.

Don't Understand How Good
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Literature sucks you into another psyche. So the creation of empathy necessarily influences how you'll behave to other people.

Literature Sucks You Into
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My one aim and concentrated purpose shall be and is to show that women can learn, can reason, can compete with men in the grand fields of literature and science . . .

Aim Concentrated Women Learn
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It's a funny thing: people often ask how I discipline myself to write. I can't begin to understand the question. For me, the discipline is turning off the computer and leaving my desk to do something else.

It's Funny Thing People
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“How can you pull down strongholds of Satan if you don't even have the strength to turn off your TV?”

Pull Strongholds Satan Strength
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How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a deep, wide gulf, a chasm, and in that chasm is no place for any man.

Learned Fence Heaven Hell
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When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

Seek Discover Best Ourselves
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I don't know how to do anything else other than be an actor. If I wasn't in this, I would be in alternative energy and conservation.

Actor Alternative Anything Anything Else
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Vanity, showing off, is an attitude that reduces spirituality to a worldly thing, which is the worst sin that could be committed in the church.

Attitude Church Committed Could
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Love is tested in so many ways. How do I articulate this? Two people are together. There are stakes, strife, struggles, all these things that make us fall for someone, love someone even more, leave someone.

Articulate Even Fall How
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I've sorta learned that I'm so tired of taking myself so seriously. It's so great to show up at work and truly enjoy every word you say.

Enjoy Every Great Learned
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It's so great to show up at work and truly enjoy every word you say.
Enjoy Every Great Say
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I don't care how hot a girl is - if she doesn't like animals, it would be a major, major problem.

Animals Care Don't Care Girl
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I was a very interested arts student, I was always into that part of school and when I got into high school I went into architectural drafting. It gave me an understanding of how to build things and it's really helped me put things in perspective. With my music and my movies, to me it's all art.

Always Architectural Art Arts
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I don't think people realize how much work it takes to make an album.
Album How HowMuch Make
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So from an actor's perspective, you really have no idea how you're acting.

Acting Actor How Idea
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I love any time you can enlighten people to mistakes, that's how I started my career.

Any Career Enlighten How
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I remember wishing there was snow in L.A. And how jealous we used to get of those Christmas specials with kids playing in the snow.

Christmas Get How I Remember
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I'll never sell 14 million like Hammer, I just wanna do a good Ice-T show.

Good Hammer Just Like
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It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is so fair and that we should be alright. It's funny that the people who have their foot on our neck are telling us, 'Get up. What's wrong with you?'

Alright America Been Down
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There's a lot of potential that goes unused in places like South Central L.A., a lot of brilliant, smart people who just don't have that chance to show it.

Brilliant Central Chance Goes
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When I did 'Boyz N The Hood', I never thought how we grew up in South Central was interesting enough for a movie.

Central Did Enough Grew
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I like 'As Long As You Love Me' and 'Boyfriend' by Justin Bieber. It gets you moving - you just can't help it! And 'Teach Me How To Dougie' gets Zendaya and I every time.

Boyfriend Every EveryTime Gets
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If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm happy. I'm at a concert. But I have to somehow drum up that rage. That's acting.

Acting Angry Concert Drum
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In 'Pacific Rim' I had to have a haircut I wouldn't usually rock. However, the moustache I had in the film - that might have to come out again. It was a good moustache. Good times.

Again Come Film Good
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There's the argument that you can relate to someone who's completely unrelatable. In the way that a director shows you his imagination on a film, then I get to show you my imagination in a big dumb character.

Argument Big Character Director
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It's actually quite criminal how 'The Wire' was systematically ignored.

Actually Criminal How Ignored
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I'd rather a young black actor read about success as opposed to how tough it was. I get these roles because I can act and that's it. Hopefully that's it.

About Act Actor Because
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