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Every day of my life I walk with the idea that I am black, no matter how successful I am. And our success is tempered by that; you're successful in this way given the fact you are black, and most blacks don't get to that point.

~Danny Glover

Topics: Am Black Blacks Day Every Every Day Fact Get Given How Idea Life Matter Most My Life Our Point Success Success Is Successful Tempered Walk Way You I Am

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Freedom Summer, the massive voter education project in Mississippi, was 1964. I graduated from high school in 1965. So becoming active was almost a rite of passage.

~Danny Glover

Topics: Active Almost Becoming Education Freedom Graduated High High School Massive Mississippi Passage Project Rite School Summer Voter

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I was able to do To Sleep with Anger, a very powerful film about African Americans, their spirituality, and the things that happened within a small community and a family.

~Danny Glover

Topics: Able About African African Americans American Anger Community Family Film Happened Powerful Sleep Small Spirituality Things Very Within

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I've always been able to make choices that don't embarrass me.

~Danny Glover

Topics: Able Always Been Choices Embarrass Make Me

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If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men going to prison and also among the highest levels of illiteracy in the country.

~Danny Glover

Topics: Also Among Country Environmentally Find Going Highest Highest Levels Houston Illiteracy Levels Look Men Place Prison Toxic Very Which Young Young Men

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If we talk about the environment, for example, we have to talk about environmental racism - about the fact that kids in South Central Los Angeles have a third of the lung capacity of kids in Santa Monica.

~Danny Glover

Topics: About Angeles Capacity Central Environment Environmental Example Fact For Example Kids Los Los Angeles Lung Monica Racism Santa Santa Monica South Talk Third

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It's also important for those who promote those issues within the white community - the somewhat privileged community - to talk about issues affecting people of color.

~Danny Glover

Topics: About Affecting Also Color Community Important Issues People Privileged Promote Somewhat Talk Those White Who Within

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Some of these things I saw in foreign films - African films, Cuban films - long before I decided to really go on this course as an actor. I started to think about what values I saw in those films that I wanted to bring to my projects.

~Danny Glover

Topics: About Actor African Before Bring Course Cuban Decided Films Foreign Go Long Projects Really Saw Some Started Things Think Those Values Wanted

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The progressive movement against the war of occupation in Iraq is a reason for hope, as is resistance to free trade agreements in Latin America. Those are moments that we have to celebrate: that people still find the resolve and energy to resist.

~Danny Glover

Topics: Against Agreements America Celebrate Energy Find Free Free Trade Hope Iraq Latin Latin America Moments Movement Occupation People Progressive Reason Resist Resistance Resolve Still Those Trade War

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Well I don't know because I don't have a real relationship with the industry.

~Danny Glover

Topics: Because Industry Know Real Real Relationship Relationship Well

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: July 22nd, 1947

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