Hill Harper Quotes

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Hill Harper

Profession : Actor

Birth : May 17, 1966

The word 'courage,' one of my favorite words, the root or the etymology of that word is 'cour,' which means heart. I think true courage is actually following your heart and not getting or succumbing to what other people's definition of what your life should be. Live your life.

Hill Harper

When I was dealing with cancer, I was working on a book about finances. I realized that the same methodology that the doctors were using to cure me, you could use to cure your finances. Health and wealth are so linked, it's amazing.

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Men and women can absolutely be friends, and that's what we need to be. Part of the problem is that we aren't friends enough. Our relationships are negotiations, and that is not friendship.

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You can't build anything with a flimsy foundation. Friendship is the foundation.

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I've done romantic comedy, and I don't get to flex that muscle often.

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The most impactful place that I've been to where I was just completely awestruck, happy, moved is Victoria Falls between Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is probably the most beautiful and romantic place in the world.

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The real important things are kindness and a sense of humor. I've been fortunate to have dated and could have easily married women who have those qualities, and time and circumstances didn't work out. Timing plays a big part.

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So many of our young women today, they're growing up without a father, but they're still thirsty for that and desiring positive male love.

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You never know what's going on in someone's life. You never know what's really going on behind what they present.

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Once you have a felony conviction on your record, one of the most difficult things to do is to break the cycle of recidivism.

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Many of us are in are in our own prisons that aren't made of iron bars.

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Fundamentally, we all want the same thing. We want to love. We want to be loved, and we want to matter.

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Intimacy can be about holding someone's hand. It could be about stroking their hair.

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Voting is an individual, personal thing.

Hill Harper

When I get stopped by the police, I keep my hands on the wheel. I'm not going to move.

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My father passed from cancer in 2000; his brother died of cancer before that. My grandfather died of cancer.

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Change happens from the bottom up - all of us as individuals deciding that we will and we do have an impact.

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Obviously, this whole 'no child left behind' idea is more rhetoric than actual practice.

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Many of us are walking around living smaller lives than we're meant to live. Don't allow yourself to dream smaller than you were meant to dream.

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Money is important. It is an important resource to have to help us build the life we want, but we overvalue it.

Hill Harper