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I just didn't know who was going to be my partner. I knew that once I had grown to be a man that I was going to attract the person that I deserved to be with, or deserved to be with me. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

#be a man #deserved #going #grown #had

I knew immediately that she was going to be in my life forever. I didn't know in what capacity, but I knew that I had found someone who was going to be close to me for a long time. We became great friends fast. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

#capacity #close #fast #forever #found

I love the fact that we, as black people, carry our faith with us. We share it and embrace it and love it and talk about it because we talk about everything else and why not that and that was the first impression that I had that really touched me. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

#because #black #carry #else #embrace

I was looking to show people I could act. I was looking for something that would take me away from the whole hunk riding off into the sunset thing that people wanted me to play after Brown Sugar. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

#after #away #brown #could #hunk

I went back and researched the history of gospel; where it came from, slavery times, communicating with each other without their master knowing what they are saying, and that gospel artists view themselves differently. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

#back #came #communicating #differently #each

The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#cruel #founded #greater #more #power

I am convinced we shall succeed. I have faith in this country, because I have faith in its people. ↗

— Horst Koehler

#because #convinced #country #faith #i

I will be guided by the Christian ethic and an awareness that human action is by nature transient. ↗

— Horst Koehler

#awareness #christian #christian ethic #ethic #guided

Let's say black, the whole black religious experience, here, is very impressive to me, because when I first arrived I realized that people carry their faith with so much pride. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

#because #black #carry #experience #faith

Secular artists see themselves with performance; they are more self involved, presentational. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

#involved #more #performance #secular #see