Will Smith
Will Smith
Willard Carroll "Will" Smith, Jr. is an American actor, producer, rapper, and songwriter. He has enjoyed success in television, film, and music. In April 2007, Newsweek called him "the most powerful actor in Hollywood". Smith has been nominated for five Golden Globe Awards, two Academy Awards, and has won four Grammy Awards...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth25 September 1968
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
I so connected to symbolically being able to turn lead into gold. My grandmother used to say, "Life give you a lemon, you go ahead and make lemonade." To me, that's alchemy.
My grandmother used to always say, 'People need to be worth something.'
I grew up in the church, Resurrection Baptist Church in Philadelphia, and my grandmother was that grandmother at the church, the one always at the church, always putting on the events. It was deeply instilled in me that every action, everything I create, everything I say and do in the world is inexorably bound to the lives of everybody I come in contact with - and it's my responsibility to put things into the world that have a positive influence on humanity.
If religion is the opiate of the people, tradition is an even more sinister analgesic, simply because it rarely appears sinister. If religion is a tight band, a throbbing vein, and a needle, tradition is a far homelier concoction: poppy seeds ground into tea; a sweet cocoa drink laced with cocaine; the kind of thing your grandmother might have made.
Everybody need a partner to stand right by their sideNot only down for the good timesBut also down through the bad times
I love urban riding. It's one of the coolest aspects of skiing.
I've viewed myself as slightly above average in talent. And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening work ethic.
Traditional education is based on facts and figures and passing tests - not on a comprehension of the material and its application to your life.
We were out for the relay records. We wanted them in all three.
We wanted to start this right with someone to tell us what we were doing.
Afro Angel, born against the worldYou don't have to sell your soul and throw away your prideAfro Angel, sent from heaven aboveNever forget that you are lovedYou know that you are loved
Afro Angel, born against the world You don't have to sell your soul and throw away your pride Afro Angel, sent from heaven above Never forget that you are loved You know that you are loved
Competence is first and foremost. You want to be seen doing something well.
But we've got to stop those one and two plays, because they will hurt us and they will wind up making us lose a game.