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Tristan Wilds

"My friend's granddad died of prostate cancer and it had a profound effect on me. So when I was presented with the opportunity to speak out, I had to take it. This is a life threatening issue for men; it happens every day. The more you know, the better your chances are of dealing with it if the worst were to happen."

Source : "'90210' star Tristan Wilds poses nude in Cosmopolitan UK for cancer awareness" by Cristina Everett, www.nydailynews.com. July 08, 2011.

Tristan Wilds

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“[On being an actor] .nothing more than a worker in a service occupation . It's like being a waiter or a gas station attendant, but I'm waiting on 6 million people in a week if I'm lucky.”
“I looked at Mum and realized -- twang! -- that she was telling an untruth. A big untruth. And I remember thinking in that instant how thrilling and grown-up it must be to say something so completely untrue, as opposed to the little amateur fibs I was already practiced at -- horrid little apprentice sinner that I was --like the ones about you'd already said your prayers or washed under the fingernails. Yes, I was impressed. I too must learn to say these gorgeous untruths. Imaginary kings and queens would be my houseguests when I was older.”
“The best way to help those who are behind you is to heed those before you.”
“The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow.”
“I have a foolproof device for judging whether a picture is good or bad. If my fanny squirms, it's bad. If my fanny doesn't squirm, it's good.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I always say to myself right before a tough set in the gym, Ain't nothin' to it, but to do it.”
“Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation, even at Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the 'Law Review.”
“Film has always been a really good tool for me to communicate emotion about why I create a collection. I'm probably one of the first designers to make short films.”

Source : "A Conversation With Fashion Icon Ozwald Boateng on Style, Africa, and His New Film A Man’s Story". Interview with Govindini Murty, Jason Apuzzo, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 3, 2012.

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