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title: "2 Fence Quotes By Russell Hornsby"
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> [A fence can be protective around your family - a familial fence. Then, there are the people who only know how to take, to abuse, to offend and they build fences to keep you out. They don't have time to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hornsby/a-fence-can-be-protective-around-your-family-a-familial-fence-then/)

[Russell Hornsby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hornsby/)

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> [Some people build fences to keep people out and we also do things everyday to keep people close - when we play ball and go fishing with our kids, we are doing it to keep them close and fenced in.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hornsby/some-people-build-fences-to-keep-people-out-and-we-also-do-things/)

[Russell Hornsby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hornsby/)

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## Other authors on Fence

## More by Russell Hornsby

> [Something's always better than nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hornsby/something-s-always-better-than-nothing/)

[Russell Hornsby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hornsby/)

> [What's fun about doing a series is you get to take some time to create the character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hornsby/what-s-fun-about-doing-a-series-is-you-get-to-take-some-time-to/)

[Russell Hornsby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hornsby/)

> [As a black man, so often you grow up suppressing your emotions and sensitivity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hornsby/as-a-black-man-so-often-you-grow-up-suppressing-your-emotions-and/)

[Russell Hornsby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hornsby/)

> [My philosophy is to live below your means.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hornsby/my-philosophy-is-to-live-below-your-means/)

[Russell Hornsby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hornsby/)

> [In 'The Hate U Give,' I play Big Mav', who was incarcerated for a number of years and is raising three children. He was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hornsby/in-the-hate-u-give-i-play-big-mav-who-was-incarcerated-for-a-number/)

[Russell Hornsby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hornsby/)

> [I can't fake emotion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hornsby/i-can-t-fake-emotion/)

[Russell Hornsby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hornsby/)

> [Every once in a while, we need to watch something that makes us feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hornsby/every-once-in-a-while-we-need-to-watch-something-that-makes-us-feel/)

[Russell Hornsby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hornsby/)

> [A fence can be protective around your family - a familial fence. Then, there are the people who only know how to take, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hornsby/a-fence-can-be-protective-around-your-family-a-familial-fence-then/)

[Russell Hornsby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hornsby/)

> [We are not apathetic in this country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hornsby/we-are-not-apathetic-in-this-country/)

[Russell Hornsby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hornsby/)

> [These are human issues. These are human stories. I think that's why 'Fences' has been able to resonate and been able to hit so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hornsby/these-are-human-issues-these-are-human-stories-i-think-that-s-why/)

[Russell Hornsby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hornsby/)

> [In a lot of work places, you work at a lot of jobs and people work more with their colleagues than with their family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hornsby/in-a-lot-of-work-places-you-work-at-a-lot-of-jobs-and-people-work/)

[Russell Hornsby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hornsby/)

> [Kids - black kids - are forced to grow up too soon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hornsby/kids-black-kids-are-forced-to-grow-up-too-soon/)

[Russell Hornsby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hornsby/)

> [Some people build fences to keep people out; some people build fences to keep people in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hornsby/some-people-build-fences-to-keep-people-out-some-people-build-fences/)

[Russell Hornsby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hornsby/)

> [I mean, of course, I love sci-fi and stuff like that, but I'm not, like, a comic book crazy guy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hornsby/i-mean-of-course-i-love-sci-fi-and-stuff-like-that-but-i-m-not-like-a/)

[Russell Hornsby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hornsby/)

> [For me, that is the craft of acting: literally creating something from nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hornsby/for-me-that-is-the-craft-of-acting-literally-creating-something-from/)

[Russell Hornsby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hornsby/)

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