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Discover the most inspirational quotes from the Belafonte Quotes. Here, you’ll find a diverse collection of motivation, wisdom, love, laughter, or a deeper understanding of life, our curated selection of quotes has something for everyone.
Perfect for fans and those looking for motivation, our collection of Belafonte Quotes will inspire and resonate with you. Belafonte Quotes

Talib Kweli

Artists look at the environment, and the best artists correctly diagnose the problem. I’m not saying artists can’t be leaders, but that’s not the job of art, to lead. Bob Marley, Nina Simone, Harry Belafonte – there are artists all through history who have become leaders, but that was already in them, nothing to do with their art.

– Talib Kweli

Opal Tometi

Fortunately, the leadership of black immigrant communities has always been present in all black liberation movements from leaders like Marcus Garvey to Shirley Chisholm to Malcolm X and Harry Belafonte. We know this is our legacy.

– Opal Tometi

Nigel Hawthorne

I don’t want to hear that Harry Belafonte is out there. It forces me not to see the audience as an anonymous mass.

– Nigel Hawthorne

Judith Jamison

I went to an audition for a Harry Belafonte Roaring Twenties special for choreographer Donald McKayle, but I failed.

– Judith Jamison

Fantastic Negrito

I was raised on African music, Harry Belafonte, and the Boston Pops. Then I got a dose of soul and hip-hop. I related to it immediately.

– Fantastic Negrito

Dianne Reeves

Now, jazz institutions are more readily available for young people, but for me, the institutions were the bands that I was in. When I worked with Clark Terry, that was the beginning of school for me, and Harry Belafonte and Sergio Mendes, they were all my universities.

– Dianne Reeves

Brian J White

Every film by Will Smith, Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Lena Horne, Ruby Dee, Don Cheadle will have great acting and carry good messages in the film. The films starring those actors are the films I tell young people to watch for good acting and to view for quality movies.

– Brian J White

Brian J White

The trailblazers are my role models in this industry: Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, James Earl Jones, and Billy Dee Williams. I keep their pictures in my trailer and try to measure to their standards every time I act.

– Brian J White

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