Benedict Samuel Quotes
Xavier has been the ultimate role model. No matter how far away we are geographically, working together is something we feed off of.

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Everything I do, I go to black people. If I have a problem at the airport, I'll go to the black ticket agent. I hope they notice me because I'll get better service. If I'm at a restaurant, I look for the black waiter. Rent-a-Car, give you the upgrade.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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What an extraordinary thing it can be, love, how it will not defined by gender, by sexuality, by race, by religion, by anything. It's something else. It's something other.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
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If someone has failed, that is not a deficiency for me. I think that he has more motivation. I've seen many examples where someone was successful first and failed later and failed first and then succeeded. If they failed in an honest way, I don't see it as a deficiency.
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It's always cool to go to different places and see what's really out there in the world.
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You do not need a therapist if you own a motorcycle, any kind of motorcycle!
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Switzerland is a place where they don't like to fight, so they get people to do their fighting for them while they ski and eat chocolate.
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You look at science fiction and look how often it talks about being alien, being alienated about the other. Look at the number of blue people - 'Avatar,' I'm looking at you. And it is now easier to find people of color in science-fiction literature and media, but the issues of representation are still really, really troubling.
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I'm not sad at all about turning 40.
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When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.
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I've covered the White House and been yelled at by presidents.
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There's a great freedom in writing by yourself. You can write anything you want.
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As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.
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The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.
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I made a very conscious decision to quit acting. I was on a series, and we were in the process of renegotiating. They had an idea of what they thought I was worth, and I had an idea that was quite different.
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My reaction to everything in life is when it gets a bit complicated to water it down and make it simple again.
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Have you ever walked along a shoreline, only to have your footprints washed away? That's what Alzheimer's is like. The waves erase the marks we leave behind, all the sand castles. Some days are better than others.
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No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.
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I don't want to hope anymore. I don't think we should hope anymore. We hoped enough. Now we have to do. We all have to do now.
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I had always attended classes and written stories as a creative outlet because I need that, and I thought, in my previous career in a model, the way I approached that was that I believed I was telling a non-verbal story.
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Xavier has been the ultimate role model. No matter how far away we are geographically, working together is something we feed off of.