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It's much easier to cry or be angry, but to really laugh and genuinely be buoyant and laugh. That's hard if you don't really feel that way.

Don Cheadle

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Don Cheadle
Age: 59
Born: 1964
Born: November 29
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I don't like movies that are trying to preach and trying to tell you how to feel.
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It's the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other, just so we can feel something.
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I've never been a part of a film before that offers such a platform into real issues, that raises social awareness and has the potential to change things.
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I pray that our leaders stop pointing fingers and playing the blame game and seek a real solution for the good of the planet and all who inhabit it.
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