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• Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's be honest. America's the most violent country…
• We grew up in a very creative environment and were exposed to the arts at a very young age, so it's not…
• Critics like to build you up, tear you down, and then, if you're lucky, build you up again.
• A woman who is very secure in herself, what she's about, what she wants to do, who probably figures that she's a…
• We're the most violent nation on earth. There's no getting away from that. But you've got to look at it on a…
• I give interracial couples a look. Daggers. They get uncomfortable when they see me on the street.
• I ain't Martin Luther King. I don't need a dream. I have a plan.
• I respect the audience's intelligence a lot, and that's why I don't try to go for the lowest common denominator.
• American slavery was not a Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western. It was a holocaust. My ancestors are slaves. Stolen from Africa. I will…
• What's the difference between Hollywood characters and my characters? Mine are real.
• I've been blessed with the opportunity to express the views of black people who otherwise don't have access to power and the…
• I believe in destiny. But I also believe that you can’t just sit back and let destiny happen. A lot of times,…

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