We're teachers, and we have a commitment." "Commitment to what-to live and die in this hellhole, when we can leave and live like other people?
You can never be upset with the people who forced you into your dream or up higher.
Thankfully, God's restraining grace keeps even the worst of us from being utterly depraved. The worst people who have ever lived could've been worse.
Only the gospel can truly save you. The gospel doesn't make bad people good; it makes dead people alive...the gospel is God's acceptance of us based on what Christ has done, not on what we can do.
People who know they are not good make the best messengers of grace because they are desperately aware of their own need for it.
The gospel doesn't make bad people good, it makes dead people alive.
If we're not reaching the same people Jesus reached, then we're not preaching the same message Jesus preached.
What people who don't create don't understand, is that once you take money from the machine, the machine [movie industry] owns you.
That great philosopher anonymous once said, never argue with a fool. People might not know the difference.
Start looking around you... and all you see are people the world would be better off without.
The first step into justice begins with the politicians. You have to demand from yourself what you demand from people.
What Hollywood truly wants is for people to be themselves. I think what it's designed for is to kind of turn people into something and just make them saleable. But what it really stands for, what it really loves, are people who are unafraid to be themselves, and as you can see, these are people who are excelling in their careers.
People have a lot of different beliefs, and at the end of the day, we all have deeply held beliefs that probably don't make sense to anyone else.
People were encouraged to snitch. [South Africa] was a police state, so there were police everywhere. There were undercover police. There were uniformed police. The state was being surveilled the entire time.
I get mad when people are against pot.
People ridicule you for the silliest thing, like what you wore to an event. At the end of the day, I'm just being me - if that's not good enough for you, tell me what is. Usually people don't have an answer.
With other people, you're always swapping music. Somebody is always listening to something you've never heard. It's a great way to hear all sorts of new things.
I used to be a major people pleaser, but that way purgatory lies.
People see dark faces out there, and the perception is that they're African American. They're not us. They're impostors.
You're young and you're bulletproof and invincible. But never underestimate the power of other people's love and prayer.
Research is what drives me. When I get a script, I go to the real world and touch the real people.
The real world is where I get to educate and entertain myself. I go and touch the real world and touch real people. That's my way into movies.
You can't wait for the perfect situation. Find something you love. People you love. And get out there and you'll discover it.
Take massive action. So many people wait until they have all the answers.
Reading put perspective to any challenge I was facing and made me see that extraordinary people usually had extraordinary pain, difficulties or injustices. That's part of why they have the drive and hunger to do good in the world, to make something happen.
