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“Until you are somewhat comfortable and confident and embrace who you are as a person, you can't possibly love somebody else because you don't like yourself that much.” quote by Djimon Hounsou — Download Open image

“Until you are somewhat comfortable and confident and embrace who you are as a person, you can't possibly love somebody else because you don't like yourself that much.”

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There is a real problem with the lack of diversity, specifically in genre films and the superheroes our kids grow up watching and emulating, they can't really identify with. When you see the same thing, over and over again, and it seems not to speak of you and your heritage and your culture, it leaves you out of this world,…

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I hope more people will ask diamond companies to continue changing the way they do business in Africa.

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Africa is a continent that provides so much for the existence of the rest of the world. We go around the world and cultivate…

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A lot of times, we also have to live and work. You have to make money to pay rent. In that respect, I don't…

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I like stories that have a social impact and social attributes to them. That's the whole reason we make films: to broaden our limited…

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If anything, Calvin Klein is the iconic company in terms of fashion. They do have iconic images for their campaigns.

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It's a part of most actors to want to be in an animated feature; to extend the legacy of your career.

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My passion is more about bringing the stories out from the African continent mixed with the West.

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I always hope for the better for the continent and what I know comes from Africa. Living in the West we feel like we're…

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