Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Quotes

By the time I was 16, I was someone to reckon with. I was so eager to repudiate any connection with any immigrant race, I would go above and beyond. I was desperate to belong to something. That was my drive as a teenager.

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

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• I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.

  

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• By the time I was 16, I was someone to reckon with. I was so eager to repudiate any connection with any immigrant race, I would go above and beyond. I was desperate to belong to something. That was my drive as a teenager.

  

  Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
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  • Teenager