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" How is it that you profess love for God but can't accept another human being? "

Phylicia Rashad

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" What's in front of you is a whole world of experiences beyond your imagination. Put yourself, and your growth and development, first. "

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" If there are no films or plays of interest to me, I don't go. I know how to go to a museum or a library or pick up a good magazine or I can watch the sun set. I know how to live. There's a whole creation out there full of magic and wonder to be explored. "

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" Without an educated populace, democracy cannot sustain itself. "

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" Everything you do, every thought you have, every word you say creates a memory that you will hold in your body. It's imprinted on you and affects you in subtle ways - ways you are not always aware of. With that in mind, be very conscious and selective. "

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" As artists, we do the work that we do. Receiving an award or not receiving an award in no way diminishes one's talent or value. "

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" When I am presented with good work, I accept it. Wherever it is. "

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" Loving oneself isn't hard, when you understand who and what 'yourself' is. It has nothing to do with the shape of your face, the size of your eyes, the length of your hair or the quality of your clothes. It's so beyond all of those things and it's what gives life to everything about you. Your own self is such a treasure. "

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" Let's just say that the theater is not for the faint of heart. "

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" What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being. "

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" Historically, if you look at great civilizations, why do they crumble? Is it because of what's outside or because of something internal? It's always internal. It is. "

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" I think the real understanding comes when we recognize our humanity in each other. That's not just between blacks and whites. That's between all religions as well. "

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" Things have a way of moving to the left, and then they move back to the right before somebody finds themselves in the center. That seems to be the nature of the creative world. It's not stagnant. I don't get upset about it. "

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" Every role affords me something different in the way of understanding, and that's really why you take these roles, not to show that thing that people talk about of showing what you can do - that has nothing to do with anything. "

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" The stubbornness I had as a child has been transmitted into perseverance. I can let go but I don't give up. I don't beat myself up about negative things. "

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" Any time women come together with a collective intention, it's a powerful thing. Whether it's sitting down making a quilt, in a kitchen preparing a meal, in a club reading the same book, or around the table playing cards, or planning a birthday party, when women come together with a collective intention, magic happens. "

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