Quotes About Awareness

For all the evils in the world, I think apathy is one of the most dangerous.

I know that social media's said to be a really dangerous place, and it is.

Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.

I just thought to myself, 'What am I doing? Is this how I'm going to live my adult life, banging my head, especially with what I've learned and know about the dangers?'

I'm very much aware of the dangers of becoming a cliche. Mr. Anger, someone who gets meaner, angrier on record.

One of the dangers of male emotionality is that theyre not aware of it churning away beneath them the whole time.

I am looked at as an African American guy because of the color of my skin. I am darker.

The world outside existed in a kind of darkness; and we inquired about nothing.

As long as one person lives in darkness then it seems to be a responsibility to tell other people.

Data can set you free.

Some of the best theorizing comes after collecting data because then you become aware of another reality.

The fear isn't that big data discriminates. We already know that it does. It's that you don't know if you've been discriminated against.

People should have to opt in for any kind of data sharing, and they should know what the data is being used for.

My friends and the people I know understand that I'm going to ask them what they're doing, how they're dating, who they're dating, where they're going and what they're doing. I'm constantly asking those questions and making sure I'm in touch with the customer.

I feel like David Byrne is a great example of someone who is always in the 'now' moment of music and finding reasons to be excited and always seeing what's special about it.

Amiri Baraka went to Howard. Lucille Clifton went to Howard. Ossie Davis went to Howard. And I was aware of that when I was there. Charles Drew went to Howard. Thurgood Marshall went to the law school. Being aware of that and having all of that brought to bear, again, it's one of those things that I can't really separate from my career as a writer.

I believe that we have to be so race-conscious in this day and age.

We all get so caught up in our day-to-day lives and have so many gripes. But when you see the way others live and how they make the best of it, you'll realize how lucky you are.

As a human being, you can't not connect to the chaos that exists around the world on a day-to-day, or things that you've seen on the news just here domestically.

If we look at the day-to-day suffering of the Venezuelan people, that's not about numbers: it's about human beings.

We have to be even more conscious of the things we do on a day-to-day basis and take into consideration the feelings and sensibilities of others.

I don't know enough about daytime, I think, to say anything.

Eternity is not something that begins after you're dead. It is going on all the time. We are in it now.

I believe if someone is authentic, they shouldn't have to advertise. If you can really talk to the dead, people are going to hear about it.