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I truly believe slavery is why, as a by-product, we still have a disproportionate amount of black men incarcerated in America. It is an extension of that legacy, and that's not going to start to diminish until black people have a new sense of themselves that isn't tied to slavery and feeling inferior. I think the church can be instrumental in that, in terms of repentance, reconciliation and just being more embracing of each other - not just on Sunday, but in life generally.

David Oyelowo's Popular Quotes

I think it's vital to have something outside your acting to keep you rooted in the real world, and help you fill the vacuum. If you have nothing else…

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Africa is trying to find its way back to a sense of itself, when much of that was lost through colonization.

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We can't afford to deny our past in a bid to be empowered. But what we can do is contextualize the past.

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Excellence is the best weapon against prejudice.

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Martin Luther King was a voice to the voiceless, and he did that tirelessly, and his faith was the engine to that. But he was just a human being, at …

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I seem to be able to disassociate my insecurities. I know a lot of actors - some of the best actors in the world - can't bear to watch themselves and…

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Hate cannot overcome hate; only love can do that.

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My ambition is to keep the audience guessing... that is my path to a long career.

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I truly believe that we cannot come to a place of reconciliation until there is individual repentance and corporate repentance.

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