Colman Domingo Quotes
It is true that as people, we tend to remember only the positive. With time, the grim details fade away, and as a species we survive on this notion. In our desire to gloss over the undeniable macabre parts of our American history, we forget. That amnesia manifests itself, especially when dealing with the plight of black men.
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.
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I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
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I'm completely in love with the idea of love.
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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There is kind of an underground conservative movement in Hollywood, really.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.
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It never occurred to me that I'd be on a television show or in feature films but when those came into play my dreams changed along the way.
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That's why I talk about the breast cancer: because I want women - and everyone - to stay on top of things and get checked. I know how scary it can be. When I dealt with it, I was like, 'Oh my God.' And I have so many other friends who have gone through it or have suffered a loss.
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I just kept it real and had the freedom to do what I want. It's not designed for any age group. It's not made for radio. There are no edits. The whole album contains explicit lyrics but that's because you need it.
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I investigated post-traumatic stress disorder. I've been to a unit where people are suffering from it, and I read a lot of literature. I looked at footage of soldiers in the combat zone. I found 'Restrepo' to be unbelievably useful.
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But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor.
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I've always felt so fortunate to have writing to turn to every day. I'm obsessed with it.
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When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
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As President Trump quickly moved to limit immigration, civil rights, and environmental protections, I felt fear for my young children, and guilt, too - as if I'd somehow betrayed the unspoken contract all parents make to give our children a better life than ourselves.
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I want to go down in the history books as one of the greatest female boxers of all time, and I think I'm on the right path.
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Everything that happened to me happened by mistake. I don't believe in fate. It's luck, timing and accident.
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There are so many people who try so hard and have such big dreams, and it doesn't happen for them.
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So your desire is to do nothing? Well, you shall not have a week, a day, an hour, free from oppression. You shall not be able to lift anything without agony. Every passing minute will make your muscles crack. What is feather to others will be a rock to you. The simplest things will become difficult. Life will become monstrous about you. To come, to go, to breathe, will be so many terrible tasks for you. Your lungs will feel like a hundred-pound weight.
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Maybe the target nowadays is not to discover what we are but to refuse what we are.
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It is true that as people, we tend to remember only the positive. With time, the grim details fade away, and as a species we survive on this notion. In our desire to gloss over the undeniable macabre parts of our American history, we forget. That amnesia manifests itself, especially when dealing with the plight of black men.
