What you desire, as an actor, is to have an impact. That's why you did it. You want to move people, and you want to resonate with your audience. It's always a great compliment to have people appreciate and speak of the characters. I can go anywhere in the world, to places where people don't actually speak English, and people can say, verbatim, what I said on the show as Mr. Eko, which is great. That's fun!

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You will attract to yourself people who harmonize with your own philosophy of life, whether you wish it or not.

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I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're Doing Something.

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My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive. – Maya Angelou

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Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. ― Mark Twain

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The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.

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If you can't do anything about it, then let it go. Don't be a prisoner to things you can't change. —Tony Gaskins

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The creation of the world did not take place once and for all time, but takes place every day.

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Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a system of debt, they can't afford the time to think.

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I have sworn upon the altar of God Eternal, hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. — Thomas Jefferson

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