Quotes About Awareness

News flash to black Americans: Barack Obama has never loved you, and by now, it should be clear to you!

I don't consider myself a flashy director. A lot of times, people will look and don't even know what I do.

I used to tell my mother, 'Mom, when they write really flattering things about your son, don't believe it all. And when they write really negative things about your son, don't believe it all.'

Listening to something without being present is different from being there in the flesh.

This is America, but the way that the people of Flint are being treated with this water crisis is like a third-world country.

For all the amazing things we've got to do, there's always the flip side of life kind of passed us by in other ways.

Any time you see something out there floating around that's not really reality, it's better to just cease it and stop it.

I kind of entered a flow state. I've been there before while climbing. You are not thinking ahead. You are just thinking about what is in front of you each second.

I'm acutely aware of the environment but I'm far from perfect - I love Land Rovers and fly too much.

Birds born in cages think that flying is a disease.

I don't go flying into tackles and running around 100 mph. That's just not me.

When exercising, be sure to focus your attention on what you are doing.

If I have to be focused and watch what I say, then I have to be comfortable.

I think one of the mistakes actors make is we're so focused on what we're going to say.

We rob ourselves of so much by focusing on the wrong stuff. And the ability to get into the moment and deal with what is, that's the real opportunity.

Now I don't put things in the boxes anymore. I'm just focusing on right now.

I certainly have the problem of focusing on doing everything now to get where I want to be, and not actually seeing and taking in and appreciating what's right in front of me or who's right in front of me.

I got to a stage in my mid-20s where I was focusing on 'what's next, what's next,' and sometimes you don't enjoy what you should.

Really focusing on what I have to do right now... no matter what role I'm playing - it alleviates everything around me and makes everything a lot more simple.

I could spend my life focusing on getting rid of straws in our society.

I have not seen 'The Lion King.' I don't do black folklore. And I'm black.

As black folks we're always sensitive. As a black person it's always racial.

That the longer you can work and stay in people's peripherals, the more likely folks might be to acknowledge you and know that you're there.

Before you can follow your own drummer, you have to hear the drummer.