Tyrese Gibson Quotes
A lot of times black actors get stuck in a box. They're up against a lot of limitations for the kind of films that they get approached about. It's easy to get stuck in a box and just be approached about nothing but urban films.
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Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.
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Rowing provided a place to go, a community where people cared about what I did and what I achieved.
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Thanks to aid, a distressing number of African leaders care little about what their citizens want or need - after all it's the reverse of the Boston tea-party - no representation without taxation.
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If you are unhealthy, start by making small changes to become healthier. You are unique, beautiful, and worthy.
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I've never experienced chronic pain myself, but I have known many people over the years who have.
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It is time for Hillary Clinton to permanently retire.
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When you actually fall in love, no one sees that other person the way that you do.
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Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of technology.
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In China, we don't know about the swimming pool game, but we know about Marco Polo.
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There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone.
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The actual, original 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,' I have vague memories of because I was pretty small, but I loved, loved, loved it. I have only those weird, visceral little-kid memories: I remember the extreme flat, two dimensional green that was their skin or the weird pizza with no sauce - it was just like yellow, drippy cheese.
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I don't care about how much other actors get.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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It comes back to the same old question people are always asking me: 'When are you going to do a solo record?' Well, if I did, it would probably be similar to 'Baluchitherium,' meaning it would be Van Halen music - which I write anyway - but without singing.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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I graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with an English literature degree and travelled for a year before going to work.
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We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.
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A woman with organizing skills can run a construction company without ever picking up a hammer and nail.
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Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their transition into words must be done deliberately and with rigid artistry.
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In 1999, I got fired as coach of New England. In three years in New England, we actually did better than most people think. We were 27-21, won the AFC division title, went to the playoffs twice.
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I was a tried seaman when, for the first time, I set foot upon the soil of my country, and took up my residence where my people had lived for over two hundred years.
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A lot of times black actors get stuck in a box. They're up against a lot of limitations for the kind of films that they get approached about. It's easy to get stuck in a box and just be approached about nothing but urban films.
