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Sometimes even your friends d...

Sometimes even your friends don't understand your calling, your purpose, your vocation. But you have to stand in your truth anyway, and they will eventually come around to understanding you, if you do it lovingly.

Tavis Smiley 64 quotes

I believed that President Oba...

I believed that President Obama was a good choice a couple of years ago because I felt that, as a black man, if he could win, it would open up progressive possibilities in this country for a lot of people. That was my major reason for believing his candidacy was a good thing. However, I don't endorse candidates, given the type of work that I do. My job is to hold people accountable.

Tavis Smiley 64 quotes

There are really only two typ...

There are really only two types of people. Either you're running scared or you're running free. I choose to run free, and you can, too, no matter what your circumstances in life.

Tavis Smiley 64 quotes

Poverty and wealth inequality...

Poverty and wealth inequality are a form of instability into the future.

Tavis Smiley 64 quotes

I love my cross-sectioned, cr...

I love my cross-sectioned, cross-cultural audience. Some of them are doing better than the average guy, but my audience has always been people who are struggling to stay in the middle class.

Tavis Smiley 64 quotes

For me, like when you've put ...

For me, like when you've put yourself out there emotionally, physically, and you've really put yourself on the line, for me, that means I've really done something.

Tavis Smiley 64 quotes

Life is about committing ours...

Life is about committing ourselves on a daily basis to the best in us. Freedom is a state of mind. Freedom is an attitude. Freedom is a spirit. You may be behind bars, but you still have the capacity to be free. I've visited some people behind bars who are freer than Negroes I see running around every day. Being in jail, or poor, or uneducated doesn't determine how free you can be. There are really only two types of people. Either you're running scared or you're running free. I choose to run free, and you can, too, no matter what your circumstances in life.

Tavis Smiley 64 quotes

I think, for most of us is th...

I think, for most of us is that once you get to a certain place in your career you're not having to elbow and knock people around and audition for parts.

Tavis Smiley 64 quotes

I believe there is nothing we...

I believe there is nothing we endure in life that you can't recover from. Failure is not fatal. Everyone has the capacity to fail up.

Tavis Smiley 64 quotes

Troubled times do call for tr...

Troubled times do call for troubled songs, songs that unsettle our souls and our spirits unapologetically.

Tavis Smiley 64 quotes

There are enough bad films co...

There are enough bad films coming out of this town already without the process being more democratized. I'm a guy who loves democracy. I'm all for democratizing any process, but I think there is a price to pay for that.

Tavis Smiley 64 quotes

My personal assessment is tha...

My personal assessment is that Dr. King is the greatest American we have ever produced. I can argue for Lincoln, I can argue for FDR, but for my money, King is the greatest American we have ever produced. His only weapon was love. He transforms a nation, transforms the world with one weapon and that of course being again the weapon of love. So that for me, King is the quintessential example of everything that I could ever want to be in my lifetime.

Tavis Smiley 64 quotes

I don't think I'd live anythi...

I don't think I'd live anything over, even though I've made a lot of mistakes. I have learned how to see failure as a friend. So, I'm not one to live a life of regrets. I try to learn from my mistakes, but I'll take my life the way it is.

Tavis Smiley 64 quotes

Regardless of your race, reli...

Regardless of your race, religion or political affiliation, never hesitate to question those in authority.

Tavis Smiley 64 quotes

Even in the era of the first ...

Even in the era of the first black president, racism is still the most intractable issue in USA. Regarding poverty, half of all Americans are either in or near poverty. Poverty is certainly worse for African-Americans now than it was during King's lifetime.

Tavis Smiley 64 quotes

I'm talking about France and ...

I'm talking about France and Germany and Italy and Spain - new friend Germany - and I love that story, how they lead the world in some things that the world needs leadership in. Amongst them we're the only ones without national healthcare. Can't go to a hospital and not worry about falling into bankruptcy. They go to university free. We're killing our students with debt. That scares me.

Tavis Smiley 64 quotes

Even behind bars, even on Dea...

Even behind bars, even on Death Row, you can fail up, because life is about committing ourselves on a daily basis to the best in us. Freedom is a state of mind. Freedom is an attitude. Freedom is a spirit. You may be behind bars, but you still have the capacity to be free.

Tavis Smiley 64 quotes

The data is going to indicate...

The data is going to indicate sadly that when the Obama administration is over, black people will have lost ground in every single leading economic indicator category.

Tavis Smiley 64 quotes

I feel like I've been success...

I feel like I've been successful after being done with the film is when I see it, if I'm embarrassed, if I'm slightly mortified, and if I feel super-vulnerable, I think I did something.

Tavis Smiley 64 quotes

Capitalism is like a child: i...

Capitalism is like a child: if you want the child to grow up free and productive, somebody's got to look over the shoulder of that child.

Tavis Smiley 64 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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