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" Fear has a very concrete power of keeping us from doing and saying the things that are our purpose. "

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" Who needs soap operas now when we have social media timelines? Now you can get a similar drama fix by just paying attention to your friends and family members' Facebook pages. "

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" Being quiet is comfortable. Keeping things the way they've been is comfortable. And all comfort has done is maintain the status quo. "

" I think that if everybody committed themselves to making a better world than how we found it, things would be much better than what they are. "

" I knew I was Yoruba and Nigerian for the first 9 years of my life. I did not become conscious of my color and all that came with it until I moved to the United States with my family. "

" Being able to live without having to be defined by your skin color is the hallmark of privilege. "

" That's one thing brands are understanding is, I'm the blogger who's not writing about fashion. I'm not writing about beauty. I'm not writing about gossip. I'm not writing about politics. I'm writing about all of that. I'm the person they can come to if they just want to reach people who care and have their fingers on pop culture. "

" People are prospering from being unapologetically offensive, trite, and stupid. And we are tweeting ourselves into high blood pressure and ulcers trying to tell them to do better... Being a pompous nut biscuit is now a publicity strategy, and I don't know what we can do to end the madness. "

" I am not the best. I don't have to be. I am enough. "

" What I sacrificed as I pursued my dreams was my comfort, not the lives of other people who looked to me to stay afloat. That alone freed me to take more risks, which did pay off in dividends. Having a safety net is an asset that most people do not have. "

" My integrity is something I hold dear. "

" Sticking with your craft goes a long way in ensuring that you'll be successful. "

" I need to sleep more. The 'sleep when I die' mantra is not cute. "

" Doubt has purpose sometimes. If we don't think our work is good enough, we strive to do better and be better. Which then makes us better because practice does just that. "

" Fire Yourself. Outsource some of your life. Because you know what won't be cute on a tombstone? 'Her grind was impeccable, and she did it all by herself.' "

" Telling the truth - telling thoughtful truths - should not be a revolutionary act. Speaking truths to power should not be sacrificial, but they are. "

" The most glaring aspect of white privilege is that when someone is described neutrally - without indicating color or ethnicity - more often than not, people will assume that the person is white. That assumption indicates an uncomfortable truth: in our society, whiteness determines humanity. "

" People need to seek out some diversity in their life. One of my friends is a pig farmer in Michigan, and even she has black friends. She's in the middle of nowhere - the closest airport is, like, three hours away - and she manages to connect with black people. "

" People use the guise of art, and artistic expression, to do all kinds of hateful things. It's like Trump and everybody else using the guise of humor to say hateful things, the excuse being, 'I was just being funny.' "

" Through my school years, I learned more about slavery, anti-black racism, and oppression in the U.S., and my blackness could no longer be an afterthought. I started wearing it proudly, and as my consciousness deepened, so did my love for black folks. "

" Being a 'good man' is something you do, not something you are. "

" If a brand will shy away from you because you dare to say that black lives matter, that's probably not a brand you want to work with anyway. "

" I have no love for those who consider themselves 'good people' but stand idly by as the world crumbles around them. It's not enough to personally not do damage. If you're present as someone else destroys what's around you and you do nothing, you helped them. "

" I wish people were realer in talking about how leaps of faith don't have to be taken without at least looking down first. "

" I want to create a TV show that people will watch and say, 'Hey, I have a favorite character,' or 'Hey, that person reminds me of myself,' or 'Hey, I've made some of those same mistakes, or those are some of the things I've dealt with.' "

" I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. I was like, 'I'm going to be a doctor!' Doctor Luvvie was the dream. I was Doc McStuffins before it was a thing. "

" Chicago's one of the most segregated cities in America. Everybody lives in their own silos and vacuums. "

" I think it's important for service to be a part of your life instead of an option. It's awesome to make it a point to do something that's gonna make the world slightly better than you left it. "

" Unless life is one giant rap battle, you don't need to freestyle your way to success. "

" In my workshops for young adults, the most important thing I emphasize is that anything posted online, no matter how private they think it is, is permanent. "