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I had a hit single on the radio for 30 days before I graduated from high school.

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Will Smith
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: September 25
Actor
Beatboxer
Businessperson
Character Actor
Composer
Director
Entrepreneur
Executive Producer
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Fresh Prince
The Fresh Prince
Willard Carroll Smith Jr.
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For me, the greater purpose of the story is just to illuminate some pattern of human truth.
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You can cry, ain't no shame in it.
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Even Hitler didn't wake up going, 'Let me do the most evil thing I can do today.' I think he woke up in the morning and using a twisted, backwards logic, he set out to do what he thought was 'good.'
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Remember, don't try to build the greatest wall that's ever been built. Focus on laying a single, expertly-placed brick. Then keep doing that, every day.
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Smiling is the best way to face every problem, to crush every fear, to hide every pain.
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I so connected to symbolically being able to turn lead into gold. My grandmother used to say, Life give you a lemon, you go ahead and make lemonade. To me, that's alchemy.
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I've always been the goofy kid. Growing up, I always enjoyed the comedic aspect of relating to women. Even on camera, it was always the funny take on it.
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I believe you need to be educated about what you want to do in life, but I don't believe you actually need college to get you there.
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