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" I saw Nichelle Nichols in 'Truck Turner,' and she was so good. "

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" So many people are busy working now, but we need to go back to the old days when grandma and the neighbors helped raise the children, and we were all the better for it. "

" I've always wanted to work with children, to help people, and to be funny. "

" I love female company. I love men, but women are different. "

" I'm always fighting with profanity and Christian comedy. I'm telling you, it's always a fight. Because my father said to me, he said, 'Well, Kym, I feel like comics and people that use profanity, you have a lack of vocabulary, actually, a whole lot.' "

" I think the arts are absolutely necessary for children to be creative and express themselves because every child is different. "

" As an actress, our hours can be grueling, and like any mother that has a career or job, it is difficult. Balancing spending time with your child in the morning and after they come home from daycare/school before is the key. "

" I am a different kind of celebrity; I don't have the big, giant house, the fancy cars, and all the designer stuff. I am just a girl from Cleveland. "

" My cousin was Ron O'Neal, who was 'Superfly.' Films like 'Shaft' and 'Superfly' were the biggest things out there in the early '70s. It's hard to remember just how big they were - how much impact they had on the culture, the music, the fashions, the hair styles. "

" In the African American community, we are very 'hush, hush' about things in our life. "

" I've always had an entourage. Even when I was a little kid, I had a lot of little children following around me. "

" It feels like I'm in a swimming pool, and I am constantly trying to stay above water. Sometimes I feel like I'm slipping, and you try to come up for air, and that's how it is when looking for the next role. "

" Back in the day, we ate fresh; our parents cooked. Now, we're starting to think things are fresh because they're in a can, they're in a box, or they're frozen. That's not fresh. It's difficult to get real fresh. "

" I want adopted people to know they were chosen. "

" Voice work is the best - no need to dress up, no audience, no pressure, nobody's judging you. "

" I've always dreamed of becoming a mother. I thought I would get married and do it all the traditional way, but life kept going on, my career kept me busy - and I had not stopped to become a mommy. "

" My parenting style is probably like that of my parents, because you do how you learn. My mother was very nurturing and loving, but very stern. She was a disciplinary. My dad was also very loving. "

" Carrying envy makes life more difficult. "

" I love Cleveland, and I love going back home. That's where my family is. That's where my roots are. "

" The OWN network is all about inspiring and enlightening. "

" I come from a long line of architects. I'm the only one who did not become an architect, but I've been around the drawing aspect and construction my whole life. "

" Cooking for my son is a challenge. I have to feed him right. He can't eat French fries and candy every day. "

" I've thought my show would be a sitcom or a talk show. Never in a million years would I have thought my show would be docu-series/reality because you always think reality is something crazy. "

" I worked with Marlon Wayans on the show 'They Wayans Brothers,' and we hit it off. One thing about Marlon, when he casts a movie or a TV show, he expects you to bring it. You've got to be ready to improv, because Marlon will say anything, and you've got to be ready to come back. "

" When I first came to Los Angeles, I was a teacher in Compton. I know how in need schools are around the country. "

" I encourage people to get a village so that there will always be someone who's like family looking out for your child. "

" It doesn't matter if a child comes to you or through you. That love is still the same. You are still a mother. "

" I didn't know that my son had allergies until he spit up eggs one day, and one day he had a little peanut butter and his face swelled up. I took him to get tested and found out that he is allergic to everything. "

" I'm not cheap, I'm thrifty. "

" It is a challenge trying not to give in to pleasing other people. "