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" I realized I had been keeping people around even when deep down I knew they were bad for me. I had overridden myself. "

Gabrielle Union

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" I love TV. I love the stability of it. "

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" I've always had an interest in sports across the board. "

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" A lot of women seem to think the way to ingratiate themselves is to put down other women or backstab. That's the quickest way to be eliminated from my life - try that with me, and you're out. "

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" I just thought acting would be something to help out with my student loans, but my first year as an actress, I made more money than my parents. That's when I realized it could turn into a career. After that, I put everything I had into it. "

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" I just kind of assumed that you do a movie and then you leave and you hop onto the next thing. I never thought that people are actually buddies. "

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" When you want a break from dogs, and you take them to the kennel to the stars, no one thinks you're a bad pet owner. But when you have kids, you can't drop them off for three weeks without someone calling Child Protective Services! "

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" In Hollywood, you play a mom, and the next thing you know, you're on 'The Golden Girls.' They age you so fast. "

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" You have to develop a very thick skin. "

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" I've dated a number of 'mama's boys.' "

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" There's no such thing as a healthy tan, and that's what people need to understand. "

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" I'm not the type to lay out on the beach, but I do love to work out outside, and that can really take a toll on your skin! "

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" The black community in Hollywood is very small and close-knit. Everyone has a common goal: to make a two-hour movie in 30 days. "

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" Within a lot of African-American households, I think, there's an idea that black men don't want to take an active participation in the lives of their children. That if they do, there has to be some sort of ulterior motive. "

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" In Hollywood, marriages are kind of expected to fail. "

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" I was at one time a football wife, and there is a certain level of bonding that happens between women who are the wives of football players. "

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