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" I have a saying: Nigerians don't fit in second place. Everything we do we go hard. "
Yvonne Orji
Everything
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" Every time you're on stage, you're acting. "
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" I took organic chemistry, and I got my first-ever F. I ended up going to summer school, and the whole time, I'm thinking, 'I am not good at sciences.' "
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" For me, comedy was deftly terrifying. "
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" As a performer, the thing you want the most is to be your authentic self. "
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" My mom would always say, 'Hair is a woman's beauty.' I cut my hair all off. I was completely bald, and that was, like, 'What in the world?' My mom was like, 'What happened?' She had so many questions. "
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" There's random people calling my phone: 'Your mother gave me your number.' My mother has tried to set me up so many times long-distance. "
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" On TV, as in life, white folks are allowed to make mistakes, but usually, black people aren't. "
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" I was bullied because I have this thick Nigerian accent. "
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" Don't take it personally if you're met with opposition. Work hard anyway. "
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" To not have the wherewithal to give fully to a relationship bothered me. "
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" On 'Insecure,' Molly works at a law firm, and there's scenes where her boss doesn't value her voice and doesn't value her efforts. And we had a lot of women tweeting 'Me too' in that situation. We're saying, 'Hey, no more. Not on our watch.' "
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" A lot of times, especially in the black community, where therapy is talked about, it's like, 'Just go to church.' "
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" I don't even know anyone who hasn't watched 'Sex and the City.' If you didn't, we can't be friends. "
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" I want to do more good work. That's very much my parents' influence in me. "
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" I just love new, beautiful music. "
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Love
" I think there is this narrative that if you are a black woman, and you are strong, and you are educated, it's like, 'Good luck getting a black man.' "
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" I believe in being diligent but also cut yourself some slack. It's okay in the grand scheme of life. "
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Life
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" You turn 'Insecure' on, and you see a sea of brown. You see at the core of it a strong friendship between two brown-skinned girls. "
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" We didn't grow up with TV as a viable means of supporting yourself. "
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" You can't say you're an actor if you've never acted, and you can't act if no one gives you an opportunity, but they won't give you an opportunity because you've never acted. You're like, 'What in the world? Someone give me a chance!' "
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Me
" There's not one black narrative. There's not one way to be black. "
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Narrative
Black
" I can only see what's in front of me, but God can see what's behind, what's ahead of me, what's beside me, and it just makes it so much easier to release control, cuz at the end of the day, if He brought me to it, He's gonna have to bring me through it. "
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God
I Can
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" Black girls can make the best girlfriends. "
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" I worked for a company called Population Services International, a social marketing company advocating healthy behaviors. We had a big branding campaign with celebrities to help educate about the proper use of mosquito nets, for example, to help prevent malaria. "
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" You can't tell me no, because you can't tell Jesus no. It doesn't work. "
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" I went to an all-girls boarding school in Maryland. I used to laugh at the girls in the theater program - I was pre-med, National Honors Society; I was on that track. "
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" A lot of people have done things in the name of Christianity and religion and faith in a not-so-nice way. "
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" A healthy smile has always been important to me. "
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