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Danny Glover quotes

American Actor July 22, 1947

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In 1967, the students at San Francisco State invited the poet Amiri Baraka to the campus for a semester. He attracted other influential black writers such as Sonia Sanchez, Ed Bullins, Eldridge Cleaver. What emerged was something we called the community communications program. That's how I got involved; I got involved in a little play. Danny Glover
Danny Glover quote: "But rarely have I made choices that made me feel I was really..."
But rarely have I made choices that made me feel I was really compromising what I believe. Danny Glover
If we talk about the environment, for example, we have to talk about environmental racism - about the fact that kids in South Central Los Angeles have a third of the lung capacity of kids in Santa Monica. Danny Glover
But I think it's very key that there's a plan for Haiti. And we have to begin to - as progressives and people who are concerned about Haiti and have been concerned about Haiti, we have to begin to build some sort of consensus, a movement around the Haiti that the Haitians envision. Danny Glover
This country has always been run by elite, and it's an elitist democracy. And that's not a radical concept. It's elitist democracy. When people talk about democracy, they don't talk - really talk about participatory democracy, until the point that we get us at Election Day. Danny Glover
Some of these things I saw in foreign films - African films, Cuban films - long before I decided to really go on this course as an actor. I started to think about what values I saw in those films that I wanted to bring to my projects. Danny Glover
If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men going to prison and also among the highest levels of illiteracy in the country. Danny Glover
Danny Glover quote: "We have to be that wedge that drives the question and asks the..."
We have to be that wedge that drives the question and asks the hard questions. Danny Glover
Danny Glover quote: "I never thought about being an actor."
I never thought about being an actor. Danny Glover
Danny Glover quote: "One of the main purveyors of violence in this world has been..."
One of the main purveyors of violence in this world has been this country. Danny Glover
Danny Glover quote: "I've always been able to make choices that don't embarrass me."
I've always been able to make choices that don't embarrass me. Danny Glover
You know, we do not want the militarization of Haiti. We do not see a Haitian as a protectorate where it relinquishes its own sovereignty. Danny Glover
Danny Glover quote: "I'm a child of the Civil Rights Movement."
I'm a child of the Civil Rights Movement. Danny Glover

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