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Enes Kanter

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[Wikipedia] Enes Kanter Freedom is a Turkish and American human rights activist, New York Times bestselling author, 2022 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and former professional basketball player who played 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Born in Switzerland to Kurdish parents, he was raised

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I was a really good student, first, second grade, third grade, and then fourth grade a little bit. And then I don't…

Good

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I love my country and I hope when all of the things are done, I want to go back to my country…

Country

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You still miss Turkish people, talking Turkish, you still miss your culture. That's why New York is the best place to be…

Best

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I've been to playoffs before. That should be everybody's goal is the playoffs.

Been

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I think it's so cool to just prove haters wrong. All you have to do is go out there and just fight.

Cool

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It's the Milwaukee Bucks. Unless they give you good, good money, then go, but you don't leave New York for Milwaukee.

Go

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Basketball to me is more than a passion or a paycheck - it is the tool I use to try to have…

Basketball

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I'm 26 years old, I'm not some 43-year-old who's just gonna watch TV all day. Of course I want to go out…

Beach

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I like pressure, the boos didn't mean nothing to me.

Like

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When I stepped in America outside of the plane, I said, 'I came home.'

America

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I'm definitely happy that I'm part of the Oklahoma City team, a winner team, so I think it's going to go really…

City

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Steven Adams was a very, very big fan of halal food.

Big

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May 20, 2017, was one of the scariest days of my life. It was the day I realized I was being hunted by Erdogan.

Being

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But I am a basketball player going out there to compete, I am going to try to win no matter what. That…

Ball player

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Turkey was a peaceful county, Turkey was a lovely county.

County

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Because the last time I saw my family was 2015. Sometimes I even forget what they look like, you know? It's so…

Computers

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I have a voice, and I'm trying to use it to be the voice for all the innocent people who don't have…

Innocent

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My father has been targeted for persecution by the Turkish government and its leader, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, because of his association…

Father

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My job is to go out there and play as hard as I can. Because the fans are paying so much money…

Fans

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Over the years, I've become accustomed to the quiet of that morning meal, a time when I devote myself completely to my…

Faith

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The players, when we get in the locker room, we talk about what's going on. And the players always see how the…

Always

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People often ask me why I continue to speak out if it's hurting my family. But that's exactly why I speak out.…

Country

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When I look back at my basketball career, I want to say I tried to inspire as much as I could.

Back

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When I say all of this stuff about Turkey, people don't understand. They think I don't like Turkey. I love Turkey. I…

Food

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When I think about America, I think about freedom. Freedom of speech, freedom of religion. It's a peaceful country.

Communication

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