But truthfully, we have so many stories, lives and subjects to explore that I’d love to keep pushing towards new knowledge.
AISHA HINDSI almost believe that Harriet Tubman asked God for a leave like, “I’m gonna need to go back down there and take care of some things. They’re in trouble.”
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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That is a huge part of my excitement, the fact that this generation will get such a beautifully-detailed introduction to a hero and icon that has largely lived in a few pages of our history books and in one-dimensional photographs.
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I am indebted to [my grandmothers] always for cradling me in the heart of Christ and encouraging my passion to press towards the mark of the high calling on my life, wherever that takes me.
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I did my homework, of course, by inhaling as much literature as was available to find.
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We’re living in a time where we all got to stay woke !
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The show [Shots Fired] is an autopsy of our criminal justice system.
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The second season of Underground does explore Canada’s role in providing a welcoming place for the thousands who were in danger of being captured and returned to their owners, and those who escaped by way of rerouting beyond the American borders.
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I almost believe that Harriet Tubman asked God for a leave like, “I’m gonna need to go back down there and take care of some things. They’re in trouble.”
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It’s no mistake that Harriet Tubman is revisiting us, in different forms, right now, as we travel through a very contentious time in the world.
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I think we’re in a time that calls for that level of courage, that level of resolve.
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Very early on in this process though I studied acting in high school and college, soon after graduation,
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Though I developed my own personal spiritual relationship later in life, the foundation they laid is what my faith was built upon.
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An opportunity to honor the legacy of the lives drawn into the lines in my face, the broad of my nose.
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[Harriet Tubman] is a legend, an icon, a soldier on the side of justice, a spiritual warrior, and a servant of God.
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When you understand the purpose [of life], then you can deal and journey through the obstacles, the rejections, the stops and starts, highs-and-lows with a different lens because you know that you’re moving in what you’re supposed to do.
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As well as the one of the baddest women to literally ever walk the land. I surrendered to her spirit.
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The real truth is that [Harriet Tubman ] spirit is so powerful that it consumes you.
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So that when it was time to shoot I could hopefully exhale [ Harriet Tubman ].
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I had praying grandmothers who bathed me in “The Word” and filled the atmosphere with worship.
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I walked away from the craft because I wanted to know that this is what I was supposed to do with my life.
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Harriet Tubman is the perpetuation of a “Super Soul Sunday” every day.
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One of the first memories I have was watching Whoopi Goldberg perform her one-woman show on Broadway on HBO.
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I was literally reduced to basic breath and blinks while she inhabited my vessel and told her story through me.
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It was also incredibly serendipitous that I would later learn I shared a birthday with Whoop [Goldberg ].
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I went on to be inspired by many other artists and forms of art, and was soon directed to a place that would help harness my experiences and develop my voice within the craft, LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts in New York City.
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Understanding that what it is that you’re doing isn’t limited to the roles and the rejection, it’s bigger than that, it’s about your purpose in life.
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She moved seamlessly through an array of spirited and soul-stirring characters, each one holding a mirror up to me and allowing me in many ways to see a reflection of myself on screen.
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