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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

[Wikidata] American actor and director... | [Wikipedia] 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

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

Dream

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

Compelled

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

Happened

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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…

Accepted

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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…

Able

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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.

Become

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

Asks

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Avery Brooks by topic

Heart (4) Psychology (3) People (3) Mind (3) Dream (3) Years (2) Way (2) Substance (2) Stars (2) Shakes (2) My heart (2) Knows (2) Important (2) Heart and mind (2) Giving (2)