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Regardless of your race, religion or political affiliation, never hesitate to question those in authority.

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Tavis Smiley
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: September 13
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How do you grow up in the shadow of a guy - I want to talk about the movie in a second - but how do you grow up in the shadow of a guy who really is a legend in his own time?
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Live just because or live your life for a cause
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Struggling to stay in the middle class, and I love that. That's me and my dad and my family.
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Sometimes rejection in life is really redirection.
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Music is the soundtrack of our lives, it's essential for our lives.
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Competition's always been a product of American lifestyle
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I think when I stop fighting, I die in a sense.
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We think of - there are too many wars, of course, in the world as we speak, but my read on this suggests to me that water is going to be the resource into the future that we're really - that countries, nations, are going to be fighting for control over.
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I feel blessed to be in the broadcast business for 20 years. I believe that when you're this blessed, you have an obligation to pay it forward. That's what life is all about ultimately.
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What determines your altitude in life is your attitude.
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Don't envy someone else's gift. Discover your own.
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I wanted to be a theater actress, and initially, I wanted to work in musical theater
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Every community has a Martin Luther King Boulevard. It's the cornerstone we all know. It's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where Walmart stands together with your community to make every day better.
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I fear that we are living in a society, living in a world where forgiving people is becoming more and more difficult to do.
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This is not a skill problem, this is a will problem. Does America have the will to make education a priority? We know the things that work. Why don't we scale up those things that do work.
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I'm always fascinated by people from the Midwest, because it is so different than Hollywood, who discover at some point that they want to be in Hollywood.
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Be careful about gossiping because loose lips really do sink ships. Now that I'm in the broadcast business, and people talk about me, I know what it feels like to be the victim of gossip.
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Troubled times do call for troubled songs, songs that unsettle our souls and our spirits unapologetically.
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