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Knowledge is going to make you stronger. Knowledge is going to let you control your life. Knowledge is going to give you the wisdom to teach their children. Knowledge is the thing that makes you smile in the face of disaster.

~Avery Brooks

Topics: Children Control Disaster Face Give Going Knowledge Life Make Makes Smile Stronger Teach Thing Wisdom You Your

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Hold on to your dream. Don't let the people shake you from your dream.

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Topics: Dream Hold People Shake You Your Your Dream

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What I am is a thinking, feeling human being compelled by history.

~Avery Brooks

Topics: Am Being Compelled Feeling History Human Human Being Thinking I Am

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Until the world in some way changes, then my responsibility is to share what I know and more importantly to behave like I know about the extraordinary work and effort and blood shed for me to be able to sit here.

~Avery Brooks

Topics: Able About Behave Blood Changes Effort Extraordinary Here Importantly Know Like Me More Responsibility Share Shed Sit Some Then Until Way Work World

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One of the reasons that I accepted, once asked to do Star Trek, was to give a single child a chance to see the long thought, to see themselves some 400 years hence. It occurred to me that we must ensure that we keep in front of children the ever-changing horizon.

~Avery Brooks

Topics: Accepted Asked Chance Child Children Ensure Front Give Hence Horizon Keep Long Me Must Occurred Once Reasons See Single Some Star Star Trek Themselves Thought Trek Years

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Don't let form become more important than the substance of your heart and mind. Don't let commerce determine what you do exclusively.

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Topics: Become Commerce Determine Form Heart Important Mind More Substance Than You Your

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People do not connect with what happened last week, let alone what happened 20 years ago.

~Avery Brooks

Topics: Alone Connect Happened Last People Week Years Years Ago

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If I were a carpenter, I'd find a way to empower using that skill. I'm using as much as God has given - my mind, my voice, my heart, my art forms. This is the highest form of expression on the planet from God, to me, to you.

~Avery Brooks

Topics: Art Art Forms Carpenter Empower Expression Find Form Forms Given God Heart Highest Highest Form Me Mind Much Planet Skill Using Voice Way Were You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: October 2nd, 1948

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