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" I never want to lose touch with reality. I won't push $100 candles just because. I realized that I could create a hub of positivity and affirmation. "
Meghan Markle
Create
Reality
Lose
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" I can't stand it when men are snarky. "
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" It was the late '70s when my parents met. My dad was a lighting director for a soap opera, and my mom was a temp at the studio. They moved into a house in The Valley in L.A., to a neighborhood that was leafy and affordable. "
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" If I have to do a red carpet, and there is a whole team, then it is an hour with the hair and make-up. But if I am just going out with friends, it is 15 minutes max in front of the mirror. A quick five minutes on my face, and I always wear my hair up. "
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" By the time 'Suits' had come around, I had been acting for maybe six years. 'Deal or No Deal' - I like to call it my very lucrative waitressing job. Most actors find a way to make a living while they're auditioning, and for me, holding a briefcase was an incredibly lucrative means of being able to pursue what I really wanted to do. "
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Living
Me
" Mom cooked a lot of turkey when I was growing up. Turkey meatloaf, turkey burgers, ground turkey shepherd's pie - my childhood was the Bubba Gump of turkey. You'd think I would be sick of it, but when I find gems like Gwyneth Paltrow's turkey meatball recipe, it's as though the fowl is no longer foul to me. "
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Growing Up
" I have always loved watermelon and relish any opportunity to eat it, whether plain or diced up with feta and mint and tossed with a little olive oil. It makes me think of summertime. On set and at home, I try to always have a container of watermelon sprinkled with cinnamon because it elevates the flavor just a notch and makes it feel special. "
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Think
Oil
Loved
" When I'm traveling, I won't miss an opportunity to try great pasta. "
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Opportunity
Miss
" There is nothing like a hair flip! "
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Nothing
Flip
Hair
" I knew I'd end up in show business in some capacity, eventually. "
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Business
Show Business
End
" The name 'The Tig' comes from a wine called tignanello, and the first time I had a sip of this wine, it was such an 'aha' moment. I finally understood what people were talking about when they spoke about the body, the legs or structure of wine. "
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Name
Body
Wine
" When I was 11, I saw this ad for dish soap powder that said, 'Women all over America are fighting greasy pots and pans.' I was so angry. I couldn't understand why it didn't say men as well. "
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Women
America
Angry
" With fame comes opportunity, but in my opinion, it also includes responsibility - to advocate and share, to focus less on glass slippers and more on pushing through glass ceilings and, if I'm lucky enough, then to inspire. "
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Focus
Fame
Responsibility
" The best job a man could have would be a chef. They'd understand the long hours I work and the drive and ambition it takes to succeed. "
Meghan Markle
Ambition
Best
Man
" Put on a sweater and really great sneakers with a big scarf, and you'll look so stylish. For me, they are an everyday essential. "
Meghan Markle
Look
You
Stylish
" I think so much of what we learn when we get older is being comfortable in our own skin and learning what looks good, and not being so trend-centric. "
Meghan Markle
Skin
Own
Think
" Another solid run through Central Park. Admittedly, six miles turns out to be a bad idea after a full day in heels! "
Meghan Markle
Day
Miles
Park
" Be kind to yourself. "
Meghan Markle
Be Kind
Yourself
Kind
" Make sure you are safe, and never ever put yourself in a compromising situation, but once that is checked off the list, I think it's really important for us to remember that someone needs us, and that your act of giving/helping/doing can truly become an act of grace once you get out of your head. "
Meghan Markle
Think
Yourself
Grace
" If we treated ourselves as well as we treated our best friend, can you imagine? "
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Best
Best Friend
You
" Who you are as a person will only be amplified once you are 'famous,' so if you had a good heart, then I would imagine you'll have the same good heart but the means to do even more with it. "
Meghan Markle
Good
Good Heart
You
" If you make a fashion mistake, that's one that's going to resonate for a very long time. "
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Long
You
Time
" Being 'ethnically ambiguous', as I was pegged in the industry, meant I could audition for virtually any role. Morphing from Latina when I was dressed in red, to African American when in mustard yellow, my closet filled with fashionable frocks to make me look as racially varied as an Eighties Benetton poster. "
Meghan Markle
Me
Red
American
" RevitaLash. Beyond obsessed. We don't use fake lashes anymore for me at work... they are SO long! "
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Lashes
Work
Me
" I've always had a propensity for getting the cursive down pretty well. What it evolved into was my pseudo-waitressing job when I was auditioning. I didn't wait tables. I did calligraphy for the invitations for, like, Robin Thicke and Paula Patton's wedding. "
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Always
Wedding
Down
" You have to take care of yourself so you can manage the workload of a very, very full plate. "
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Take Care
Yourself
Take
" I rarely saw my Grandma Markle, as she hailed from New Hampshire and spent much of her life in Pennsylvania and Florida. To bridge that gap, she would always send scrapbooks, care packages, and boxes of treats made from family recipes. "
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She
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" It's all about balance, and I have so much happiness in my career and am fortunate to travel the world and see so many amazing things - it will also be nice to be anchored to something grounded and in the same place. Raising a family will be a wonderful part of that. "
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" For dinner parties, I love making an easy cioppino using shrimp, mussels, clams, and a hearty fish that won't fall apart easily. "
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" Make a choice: continue living your life feeling muddled in this abyss of self-misunderstanding, or you find your identity independent of it. You push for colour-blind casting; you draw your own box. You introduce yourself as who you are, not what colour your parents happen to be. "
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Parents
" I'm eager to find the perfect film to shoot during my hiatus from 'Suits'. "
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Eager
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