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Avery Brooks

(1949) Actor

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Avery Brooks is an actor.

Quick Facts About Avery Brooks

Born: October 2, 1949
Profession: Actor

About Avery Brooks

American actor and director... | Avery Franklin Brooks is an American actor, director, singer, narrator and educator. He is best known for his television roles as Captain Benjamin Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as Hawk on Spenser: For Hire and its spinoff A Man Called Hawk, and as Dr. Bob Sweeney in the Academy Award–nominate

Quotes by Avery Brooks

What I am is a thinking, feeling human being compelled by history.

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For all we know, at this very moment, somewhere far beyond all those distant stars, Benny Russell is dreaming of us.

Astronomy

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Hold on to your dream. Don't let the people shake you from your dream.

Dream

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People do not connect with what happened last week, let alone what happened 20 years ago.

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Don't let form become more important than the substance of your heart and mind. Don't let commerce determine what you do exclusively.

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Until the world in some way changes, then my responsibility is to share what I know and more importantly to behave like…

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Knowledge is going to make you stronger. Knowledge is going to let you control your life. Knowledge is going to give you…

Children

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One of the reasons that I accepted, once asked to do Star Trek, was to give a single child a chance to…

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If I were a carpenter, I'd find a way to empower using that skill. I'm using as much as God has given…

Art

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Hold on to your dream. Don't let the people shake you from your dream. Don't let form become more important than the…

Business

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Father, I have much to be grateful for tonight and I thank you. I have much to regret and I ask your…

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