I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I’ve never seen any place like it.
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The world belongs to the people who say, ‘I can’.
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If you were elected president, would you publicly support special prosecutors in these cases and what is one other thing you would do to fix our broken justice system?
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Judgment of the people in the situation is not helpful. How can you help them is the question.
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No one wants to sell to just 12% of the population for the entire length of their careers. It creates a difficult and less-profitable environment. But Hollywood has lived with that limiting mantra, and only a few black stars have managed to break through.
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Quiet time is the key. We have hundreds of thousands of kids around the country meditating through the David Lynch Foundation.
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I feel the choices our president Barack Obama is making now are safer and better.
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Well, it’s the last step of the Civil Rights Movement: you know, wrap your hands around some money.
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Give what you want to receive. If you want happiness, make others happy.
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I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I’ve never seen any place like it. The gatekeepers who are the most progressive activists inspired to make the world better… they’re better people, right? They’re segregated. It’s self segregated in some cases, but there’s nobody Black in charge of anything in Hollywood.
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I ask everyone – white Hollywood and black Hollywood – to get outside of your comfort zone and make friends. That’s where they’re going to learn from each other, and that’s where they’re going to make better movies and make Hollywood a better place.
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I think when you’re very dedicated to something and you’re engaged fully, you become a giver.
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I don’t miss a day of yoga. I don’t miss my meditation… They’re way more important.
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I’m always surrounded by smart talented people. I had talented partners. Stan Latham for one. Talent scouts.
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No matter where you’re from or what you’ve done, you’re never stuck in a particular circumstance, relationship, or cycle unless you say you are.
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I don’t like to say, Oh, this is my favorite record because there was a moment that that record made me feel a certain way. The one on the radio at the present moment could be the one that’s most inspiring, because it’s at that second that you’re aware of “the infinite everything.”
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