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" Between the kids, the jobs and everything, no matter what color you are, cardio is probably not on the top of your list. "
Nicole Ari Parker
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" Nobody really knows, but I got a little comedy in me. "
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" I just want to touch something deep in the heart of humanity. I don't know if that's in movies, producing films, or writing a book, but I'm concerned about our spiritual well-being as a human race. I want to impact people in a way that makes us all reach for our best. "
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" If you're actually talking to someone who's been through a disastrous number of years, that only means one thing: They survived it. "
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" Any actor will tell you that you go where the work is, especially when you have children. "
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" Every parent knows this moment in a child's age when he or she needs your attention in a very specific way because it's the beginning and ending of the early life of imagination. It's such a responsibility. "
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" Not just as a black woman, but as a woman, since the beginning of time, beauty has been our responsibility. "
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" I'm kind of floating out there as an artist. I'm in a safe place where I can play a girlfriend or a best friend or a mommy or a lawyer, but a huge part of me is unused. I'm classically trained, historically inclined and somewhat revolutionary by nature, so I'm frustrated as an artist. "
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" We're all moving at such a high rate that we have to grab the frozen dinners and the McDonald's. We can't make it a way of life - we have to get back to real, simple, clean good foods. It will save our lives on so many levels; not just spina bifida, but obesity, diabetes, everything. Food is our medicine. "
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" A guy once told me that I sound like I'm a little ahead of myself. I can't wait to thank him at the Oscars. "
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" I have one little pooch-y stomach in a picture, and all of a sudden I'm pregnant. "
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" I believe that we have to be so race-conscious in this day and age. "
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" Spina bifida affects every single aspect of your life, from your child's self-esteem to your ability to sleep at night. "
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" I love Malcolm Lee and jumped on the opportunity to work with him as a director. "
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" I did everything pretty cliche as an actor in New York. I read the trades, I sent out 'head shots.' "
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" Raising children uses every bit of your being - your heart, your time, your patience, your foresight, your intuition to protect them, and you have to use all of this while trying to figure out how to discipline them. "
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" You have to work hard not to take your partner for granted, even when you are tired. "
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" Once there are more African Americans and Asian Americans behind the scenes as producers, writers, and directors, I think more inclusive casting will happen. "
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" Being a pedestrian again is very exciting because in L.A. you live in your car, and you're on a freeway all the time. "
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" Exercise is about being grateful for the body you have and sustaining the life you have. "
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" Honestly, working with Eddie Murphy was mind-blowing just in terms of the budget alone. To see the respect he commands, to witness his presence, you understand why he and people like Martin Lawrence are stars. "
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" I went to an all-girls private school, where we played field hockey and lacrosse. "
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" Hair is an issue for most women, and after washing, blow-drying, flat-ironing, curling, braiding, twisting and spending the time and money on it, who wants to mess it up by sweating and having to do it all over again? "
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" All kids want from their dad is for them to be around - and to show up when they say they're going to show up. "
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