Alive Quote by Salim Akil Download Open image “I think my big break was getting out of Richmond, California, alive.” — Salim Akil ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Alive Big Big break Break California I think
Your life isn't about the big break, it's about one significant life transforming step at a time. — Tim Storey Copy Share Image
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I missed New York. Every break I had from the series, I'd fly back to the East Coast just to get back onstage. — Bebe Neuwirth Copy Share Image
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Jefferson Pierce is the epitome of what black men are: He loves his wife, his children, and the community. — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
Michael Schultz's 'Cooley High' is a classic. Oftentimes, we don't get to see films about coming of age, especially for young African Americans. — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
As an artist, I write and I do what I know and what creatively comes out of me, and I think that other artists… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
Every time I get an opportunity to do what I love to do, it's huge. It never gets old. — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
When you're young, taking a risk doesn't necessarily feel like a risk because you're young. — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
I don't walk around all the time thinking of myself as African American, but oftentimes in Hollywood, you are reminded of that in ways… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
It's a wonderful thing to see 'Wonder Woman' directed by a woman. That did have an affect on the character, the , and the… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
There are so many families who do not come up in a traditional household. African Americans, Latins, and, I'm sure, whites as well, but… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
Come election time, black and white politicians put on their costumes of compassion and care, shake black hands, kiss black babies, sing 'We Shall… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
When you see a superhero that looks like you and lives in and fights in a neighborhood that is sort of like yours, it's… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
It doesn't make sense to constantly talk about the lack of diversity in Hollywood. We all know it's there. My wife and I just… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
If you bury me in a grave, don't ever come visit - because you won't find me there. You'll find me in the books… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
I understand that it's the music that keeps me alive... That's my lifeblood. And to give that up for, like, the TV, the cars,… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I don't crave applause. I'm not one of those guys who comes alive on stage. I'm much more alive at home, I think. — David Bowie Copy Share Image
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I can't say that there are 'things' that make me come alive. There are thoughts that make me come alive. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
If Jovan Belcher didn't possess a gun, he and Kasandra Perkins would both be alive today. — Bob Costas Copy Share Image
Peace is an ongoing process. It begins with the first step and it does not end. We, all of us alive today, are the… — David Krieger Copy Share Image
I think adoption becomes complicated whenever the biological parents are alive. — James Haven Copy Share Image
The pain of love is the pain of being alive. It is a perpetual wound. — Maureen Duffy Copy Share Image
I have tried to resign myself, and to console myself; and that, I hope, I may have done imperfectly; but what I cannot firmly… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
If Melanchthon were alive today, he might not weep because of controversies that surround the Lord's Supper, but he might well sorrow because of… — Erwin W. Lutzer Copy Share Image