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Tavis Smiley Biography

Tavis Smiley (/ˈtævɪs/; born September 13, 1964) is an American talk show host and author. Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, and grew up in Bunker Hill, Indiana. After attending Indiana University, he worked during the late 1980s as an aide to Tom Bradley, the mayor of Los Angeles.

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Live just because or live your life for a cause

Cause, Causes, Life, Live, Live Your Life

I think when I stop fighting, I die in a sense.

Die, Dies, Fighting, Stop, Think, Thinking

Be careful about gossiping because loose lips really do sink ships.

Be Careful, Gossiping, Lips, Loose, Ships, Sink

I wanted to be a theater actress, and initially, I wanted to work in musical theater

Actresses, Initially, Musical, Theater, Work

Sometimes even your friends don't understand your calling, your purpose, your vocation. But you have to stand in your truth anyway, and they will eventually come around to understanding you, if you do it lovingly.

Anyway, Calling, Purpose, Stand, Understanding

There are enough bad films coming out of this town already without the process being more democratized. I'm a guy who loves democracy. I'm all for democratizing any process, but I think there is a price to pay for that.

Coming, Democracy, Democratizing, Guy, Price, Thinking

The storm came. Lives were washed away. Ancient pains resurfaced. Now it is time for a sea of change.

Away, Came, Pain, Sea, Storm, Time

It's hard these days to have a conversation, at least it is for me, about [Truman]Capote without "Good Night, and Good Luck" coming up in the same conversation.

Coming, Conversation, Good Luck, Good Night, Luck, Truman

I grew. Going outside my comfort zone is a big one for me.

Big, Bigs, Comfort, Grew, Zone

How do you grow up in the shadow of a guy - I want to talk about the movie in a second - but how do you grow up in the shadow of a guy who really is a legend in his own time?

Growing Up, Guy, Legend, Shadow, Talk

I feel blessed to be in the broadcast business for 20 years. I believe that when you're this blessed, you have an obligation to pay it forward. That's what life is all about ultimately.

Believe, Blessed, Broadcast, Business, Years

Even in the era of the first black president, racism is still the most intractable issue in USA. Regarding poverty, half of all Americans are either in or near poverty. Poverty is certainly worse for African-Americans now than it was during King's lifetime.

Black, Issues, Kings, Racism, Usa, Worse

This administration and these folk who run Washington are no more interested in our welfare and our well being than the man on the moon. And we have got to start taking our destiny into our hands.

Destiny, Hands, Moon, Run, Running, Start

I believe there is nothing we endure in life that you can't recover from. Failure is not fatal. Everyone has the capacity to fail up.

Believe, Capacity, Failing, Fatal, Life

When you work for something, you appreciate it more. So what are y'all going to do with all the opportunities you inherited that you didn't have to work for?

Appreciate, Inherited, Opportunities, Opportunity, Work

Democrats, too often, take blacks for granted, and Republicans, too often, simply ignore black voters.

Black, Ignore, Republican, Take, Voters

We come to know who we really are in life during the dark and difficult and desolate days of our journey.

Dark, Days, Difficult, Journey

We give you the facts. I told you information is power - knowledge is power. We can't be in an ideological battle to redeem the soul of this country if we don't have the facts.

Country, Giving, Information, Information Is Power, Soul

I'm talking about France and Germany and Italy and Spain - new friend Germany - and I love that story, how they lead the world in some things that the world needs leadership in. Amongst them we're the only ones without national healthcare. Can't go to a hospital and not worry about falling into bankruptcy. They go to university free. We're killing our students with debt. That scares me.

Fall, France, Needs, Story, Talking, Worry

[In a blogosphere] everybody has an opinion now, but I don't really freaking care about - all opinions ain't created equal, because everybody can go out there and express themselves and hide behind some character we don't know who you really are, a bunch of cowards.

Care, Character, Coward, Everybody, Opinions

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