Danny Glover

Danny Glover
Danny Lebern Gloveris an American actor, film director, and political activist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth22 July 1946
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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If we talk about literacy, we have to talk about how to enhance our children's mastery over the tools needed to live intelligent, creative, and involved lives.
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We have to be that wedge that drives the question and asks the hard questions
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I try to find hope in struggle and resistance in small places as much as I can.
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The points leader (Ferris) had nothing for me. Once I got outside, I was gone.
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What you've done is effectively cut off any discourse or dialogue. If we're only going to govern by anger, then we've lost the game.
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The breaking point was to stand outside on 116th Street and have five cabs pass me up.
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Band isn't something you do as a hobby, but merely a way of life. What you do in the band dictates the kind of person you are, or what type of person you will become.
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They were enormous for me, you can't imagine how enormous, ... Those are the people that kind of pulled me through.
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Playing opposite her was just a dance in sharing -- a beautiful dance in sharing, ... We were like singing a song to each other.
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It has both social, political and historical dynamics to it. That story is not singularly an African American story, it has universality to it.
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I read Fanon when I was 20, and his writings moved me. It's very important for me to be involved in consciousness-raising.
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I read Fanon when I was 20, and his writings moved me, ... It's very important for me to be involved in consciousness-raising.
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I hope people become engaged in the dialogue and embrace these issues in such a way that it doesn't generate hostility and fear.
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I had a chance to meet members of the Count Basie Jazz Band when they came to Southwest to give a jazz clinic.