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All Quotes by author - Annie Ilonzeh
" Being pampered is great, but sometimes I like to do those things myself because it's a little therapeutic and gives me some downtime for myself - and I need that. "
Need
Like
Me
" I come from an interracial family: My father is from Nigeria, and so he is African-American, and my mother is American and white, so I rarely see skin color. It's never an issue for me. "
Color
Family
American
" I feel like decades ago it was either you're black, white, Asian or Hispanic, or whatever, but today we see more of an acceptance for people with multi-nationalities. "
Acceptance
Black
People
" I have always wanted to do something high octane. I've wanted to tackle an action role where I play a tomboy but empower myself as a woman. "
Myself
Action
Woman
" I know stories of Pac, but I was really, really young when he passed. The fact that he was such a thespian, and so passionate about his craft, was shocking to me in a way. "
Young
Craft
Know
" I'm a super tomboy. "
Tomboy
Super
" I'm not going to have beautiful curves or Kim Kardashian's body. I just have to accept that. "
Accept
Beautiful
Body
" I'm proud - or really more thankful than anything - for all the work that I've gotten. "
Thankful
More
Proud
" I'm really good with sweats, not really good with heels, and not really good with accessorizing yet. "
Heels
Sweats
Really
" I relate to both my Caucasian side and my African side, and I love that. "
I Love
Side
Relate
" I think Pac is one of those artists that generations on generations know who this guy is, as an artist, as an activist, as an actor - entertainer across the board. I think the new generations of entertainers and artists can be influenced by him just as much as people in the '90s. "
Know
People
Think
" I've been introduced to some huge designers that I could never afford. It's really cool. "
Never
Been
Afford
" I want to touch the world through my performances on screen but also off screen. "
Screen
Through
Touch
" I was a manicurist in another life. "
Another
Life
" My dad's Nigerian, and I remember going to Nigeria, and all of these kids and adults and everyone in-between knew who TuPac was. They had TuPac t-shirts, TuPac posters, TuPac cassettes... everyone knew TuPac, and sometimes that was the only English that they spoke, was TuPac lyrics. "
Going
Everyone
Sometimes
" To know that someone decades later is still just as impactful as they were when they were alive, we need pioneers like that. "
Know
Alive
Need
" Tupac is huge; he's an inspiration. Arguably, he's probably the biggest, most analyzed and loved artist of all time. "
Inspiration
Time
Most
" You can go as far as you want to go. "
You
Want
Go
" Your legacy makes a difference. "
Makes
Legacy
Difference
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