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I Honestly Believe That If I Decided To Be The President Of The United States, I Could Do It. That Might Sound Foolish To Some. But In My Mind, If Ronald Reagan Can Become President, Why Not Will Smith?

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I Honestly Believe That If I Decided To Be The President Of The United States, I Could Do It. That Might Sound Foolish To Some. But In My Mind, If Ronald Reagan Can Become President, Why Not Will Smith?

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Don’t Compare Yourself To Others. That’s When You Start To Lose Confidence In Yourself.

Confidence In Yourself

I Love Producing. I Am Loving Doing That. I Think That Is My Most Natural Space In The Business. I Just Love Producing Or Editing And That's Where I Thrive.

If You Want Somethin', Go Get It. Period.

Make A Choice Of What You Want, Who You Want To Be And How You're Going To Do It. The Universe Will Get Out Of Your Way.

I Have No Idea What My Limits Are. I Believe That If I Set My Mind To It, Within The Next Fifteen Years, I Would Be The President Of The United States.

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It's Quite Highly Possible That I Have Peaked. I Mean, I Just Can't Imagine What Else I Could Do Beyond This. It's Really A Bittersweet Kind Of Feeling.

I'm Profoundly Changed. There's A Bittersweet Emotion That I Feel From Playing This Role. . . . I Want The World To Be Different Because I Was Here. However Lofty Or Crazy Or Delusional That May Sound, I Want People's Lives To Be Better Because I Was Here.

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Adolf Hitler Was A Vile, Heinous, Vicious Killer Responsible For One Of The Greatest Acts Of Evil Committed On This Planet.

So If You Stay Ready, You Ain't Gotta Get Ready, And That Is How I Run My Life.

Human Beings Are Not Creatures Of Logic; We Are Creatures Of Emotion. And We Do Not Care What's True. We Care How It Feels.

The Guy Who's Willing To Hustle The Most Is Gonna Be The Guy That Just Gets That Loose Ball.

Never Lie To People, Because The People You Are Able To Lie To, Are The People Who Trust You.

I've Always Been The Goofy Kid. Growing Up, I Always Enjoyed The Comedic Aspect Of Relating To Women. Even On Camera, It Was Always The Funny Take On It.

We Spend Money That We Do Not Have, On Things We Do Not Need, To Impress People Who Do Not Care.

I've Always Been A Jokester. The Things I Got In Trouble For, When I Was Little, Was Always About Making A Joke Or Setting Up A Prank Or Being Silly When I Should Be Paying Attention.

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