I was desperate on Coming To America set - not to buy drugs or anything, but I had a person at home, a girlfriend who's telling you, "You're out the bills and food. You need this, you need that. And you either get it, or don't come back." That was me.

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Take a stand for what's right. Raise a ruckus and make a change. You may not always be popular, but you'll be part of something larger and bigger and greater than yourself. Besides, making history is extremely cool.

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making-changes bigger may

Just 'cause you pour syrup on something doesnt make it pancakes by Samuel L. Jackson

Just 'cause you pour syrup on something doesnt make it pancakes

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syrup causes pancakes

You ain't got but one life. You ought to live it the way you wan... by Samuel L. Jackson

You ain't got but one life. You ought to live it the way you want.

Samuel L. Jackson

want meaningful way

If you do not have courage, you may not have the opportunity to u... by Samuel L. Jackson

If you do not have courage, you may not have the opportunity to use any of your other virtues.

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use may opportunity

I grew up in the South with guns everywhere and we never shot anyone. This [shooting] is about people who aren't taught the value of life.

Samuel L. Jackson

shooting gun people

My ass may be dumb, but I ain't no dumbass. by Samuel L. Jackson

My ass may be dumb, but I ain't no dumbass.

Samuel L. Jackson

Anyone who tells you money can't buy happiness never had any. by Samuel L. Jackson

Anyone who tells you money can't buy happiness never had any.

Samuel L. Jackson

money-cant-buy-happiness happiness

Girl, don't make me put my foot in your ass. by Samuel L. Jackson

Girl, don't make me put my foot in your ass.

Samuel L. Jackson

If you have an opportunity to use your voice you should use it. by Samuel L. Jackson

If you have an opportunity to use your voice you should use it.

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voice use opportunity

The best advice that was given to me was that I had to be 10 times smarter, braver and more polite to be equal. So I did.

Samuel L. Jackson

equal given advice

I understood, through rehab, things about creating characters. I understood that creating whole people means knowing where we come from, how we can make a mistake and how we overcome things to make ourselves stronger.

Samuel L. Jackson

recovery mistake mean

Everybody has to learn that the world works in very specific ways... by Samuel L. Jackson

Everybody has to learn that the world works in very specific ways, and you're not in charge of it.

Samuel L. Jackson

I have a lot more energy than I used to have. I sleep better. I like the way I look in my clothes better. I don’t cramp as much. I exercise better. I think my circulation has gotten better.

Samuel L. Jackson

exercise sleep thinking

I never did one thing right in my life, you know that? Not one. T... by Samuel L. Jackson

I never did one thing right in my life, you know that? Not one. That takes skill.

Samuel L. Jackson

goodnight skills knows

I don't run around shooting people. Much. I only shoot two people... by Samuel L. Jackson

I don't run around shooting people. Much. I only shoot two people a year. Maybe.

Samuel L. Jackson

running two years

You know me. It's my duty to please that booty. by Samuel L. Jackson

You know me. It's my duty to please that booty.

Samuel L. Jackson

booty please duty

Painters get up and paint. Writers get up and write. I like to get up and act. It's not a big deal. It makes me happy.

Samuel L. Jackson

get-up paint writing

I used to like watching Helen Mirren's early films, because she w... by Samuel L. Jackson

I used to like watching Helen Mirren's early films, because she was always naked. It's titillating.

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naked film used

I'm as serious as a heart attack. by Samuel L. Jackson

I'm as serious as a heart attack.

Samuel L. Jackson

heart-attack serious heart

If you are a Jedi, just understand something: people are going to be chasing you. The Jedi Council of every city you enter is going to be chasing you. I've been accosted by the Jedi Council in Rio and everywhere else.

Samuel L. Jackson

chasing cities people