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Mahershala Ali Quotes

Total quotes: 5
“I'm all about the old school. You know that eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth kind of thing. Fire and brimstone. See back then do someone wrong, wasn't no beggin' and pleadin'. Just took care of it. Handled your business.”
— Cornell Cottonmouth, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 1: Code of the Streets
Tagged: Old School, Eye for An Eye, Fire, brimstone, Handled Your Business
“At some point you've got to decide who you wanna be. Can’t let nobody make that decision for you.”
— Juan, Moonlight
Tagged: Self-Determination
“[first lines]

Juan: Business good?

Terrence: Business good. Everybody cleaned out, it’s in the cut if you want it.”
— Juan, Moonlight
Tagged: Drugs, Business, Drug Dealer
“Can't let nobody make that decision for you.”
— Juan, Moonlight
Tagged: Self-Determination
“Juan: [to Little] Let me tell you something, man. There are black people everywhere. You remember that, okay? No place you can go in the world ain’t got no black people, we was the first on this planet. [Slight pause] I’ve been here a long time. I’m from Cuba. Lotta black folks in Cuba. You wouldn’t know that from being here, though. I was a wild little shorty, man. Just like you. Running around with no shoes on, when the moon was out. This one time, I ran by this old...this old lady. I was runnin’ and hollerin’, and cuttin’ a fool, boy. This old lady, she stopped me. She said...[pauses, imitates an old lady’s voice] ‘Runnin’ around, catching up all that light. In moonlight, black boys look blue. You blue, that’s what I’m gon’ call you. ‘Blue’.’

Little: So your name ‘Blue’?

Juan: [Chuckles] Nah.

[Another pause]

Juan: [to Little] At some point, you gotta decide for yourself who you gonna be. Can’t let nobody make that decision for you.”
— Juan, Moonlight
Tagged: Black People, Cuba, Moonlight, Blue, Nicknames
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