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Mahershala Ali Quotes

My dream role is Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: american
Birth: February 16, 1974

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Champion Black Dream First Role

One of the reasons that I take such joy in being a trustee of the New York Public Library is the love of reading that I found as a child in the Saturday morning library events for preschoolers and first and second graders as I was growing up in Augusta, GA.

Love Morning Joy New York Child

I love a kind of shambling outsider protagonist who always feels like they're 'other.'

Love Kind Always Outsider Who Like

I knew as far back as 2001 that I would write a book called 'A Visit From the Goon Squad,' though I had no idea what kind of book it would be.

Book Back Kind Squad Write Idea

People who know me know that I'm not going to open my mouth and say something if I don't mean it. I'm very short and sweet. I'm old-school when it comes to it: I say what I mean and mean what I say, and then get off of it. It's simple as that.

Simple People Me Sweet Short Mouth

I do find the sight of small children eating very moving. Watch the way their tiny fingers clamp the cutlery. The exaggeratedly precise way they move cups or glasses to their lips.

Children Glasses Moving Eating Small

My favorite music is '80s music which drives people around me crazy. I really love it.

Love Music People Me Crazy Favorite

We certainly should support both parties having observers at the polling stations to make sure that neither side does anything that allowed a fraudulent vote. That's a very healthy check on the process.

Support Process Healthy Vote Side

It's a libel to say that I use my newspapers to support my other business interests. The fact is, I haven't got any other business interests.

Business Support Say Got Fact Use

I left the Midwest when I was twelve years old, and I haven't lived in a small town since.

Small Small Town Old Years Lived

So be it. God created profoundly fallible creatures on this earth, and human history is mostly the story of error and accident.

God History Story Earth Human Error

Growing up as an Asian American in this society, there were a lot of times where you feel isolated or out of place as an Asian. And growing up in White America, that's absolutely my experience. And I think that's why I got into acting because I wanted to be anybody else but Asian.

Experience Growing Up Society Think

I got my Equity Card from Berkeley Rep when I was 22 years old. I was cast in David Saar's 'The Yellow Boat.'

Yellow Boat Old Equity Years Cast

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