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" I have friends struggling with autism, juvenile diabetes. "
Nicole Ari Parker
Friends
Diabetes
Autism
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" I can be really silly, but I never get to do that. I'm always playing on-the-nose characters, professionals - lawyers, a serious news anchor, people with a really focused energy, which can become a cliched type. "
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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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" I went to an all-girls private school, where we played field hockey and lacrosse. "
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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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" Between the kids, the jobs and everything, no matter what color you are, cardio is probably not on the top of your list. "
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" It's not how pretty you are or how talented you are. It's that if these five people on this day in this room like you, then you get a job. "
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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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" 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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" 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 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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