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" I think when you're young, you're a lot more open-minded, and sometimes you're a lot more perceptive about what's going on in the world. "

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" Braids are not new. Black women have been wearing braids for a very long time. "

" One of my dreams is to walk down the runway during Fashion Week! "

" There were a lot of times people would do my makeup, and it would be awful, and I would be orange. Nothing matched. So then you learn how to do your own makeup. I watched a lot of YouTube videos when I was little and taught myself. "

" I shampoo every other day and only do the roots. I can't shampoo all the way down to the end, because it will dry my hair out. I use a mask multiple times a week to restore moisture. "

" My parents got me in trouble when I was in school because someone was getting bullied, and I didn't do anything about it. I just watched it happen and then came to the school, and I got cussed out for not helping and not being a part of it. "

" Honestly, I just love great performers and people who love what they do. "

" I feel that if you shelter your kids from everything, one day they are going to be out in the world on their own, and they are going to have to figure it out. You can't give them a test if you never taught them anything that's on the test. They're going to fail. "

" When I was younger, I went through a phase when I didn't like my hair. Because the school I went to was primarily Caucasian, there wasn't anyone who had my hair texture. I remember one day I straightened my hair, and that was the first day that people gave me compliments on it. "

" I'm a little girl; no one wants to beat up on me. "

" The only way I was going to come back to the Disney Channel was if I was in a position of more power. "

" My dad wouldn't let me date until I was 16. "

" My mom started working at the California Shakespeare Theater in Oakland when I was two years old, so I've always grown up around theater. "

" My mother's proud of where she's from, and her history, and her past, and same with my dad. I have roots in Africa. Like, I am from Africa as well as from Germany, and I am very proud of that. "

" I'm a chocolate addict. "

" It's important to raise your voice in things you feel passionate about and things that you know about. Don't raise your voice just to raise your voice if you have nothing behind it and don't know what you're talking about. "

" I definitely enjoy working with people who can do their thing but also allow me to do my thing, you know? Who respect the process. "

" I wore a mullet to the Grammys! I have no fear. "

" The greatest of the greats wouldn't be the greatest of the greats if they didn't try stuff, you know what I mean? "

" There are so many great things in life; why dwell on negativity? "

" I love Adele; she's a timeless, classic beauty. I think she's beautiful. She's just a real woman. "

" I have parents and family who will never allow me not to be grounded. If I thought for a second that I could possibly lift off the ground, I have a thousand people who will grab my ankles. "

" What hasn't Barbie been? I don't think I can create an occupation that she has not done yet. "

" To all the parents out there, thank you for allowing me to be a role model for your children. I really, really do not take that for granted. "

" I didn't like my hair and makeup one time on a photo shoot, and my publicist told me, 'You should just be happy with it - they haven't had a black girl on the cover since forever.' She's no longer my publicist. "

" My generation, we really have to step up to the plate and vote. Tweeting is great - people say, 'Oh, I don't want this or that' - but at the end of the day, tweeting isn't a ballot. Just saying that you don't like someone on Twitter is not going to turn a state blue or red. You have to vote. "

" I'm a Virgo, and I know what I like. "

" It's hard as a young person of a different ethnicity or background to look at the TV and not see anyone who looks like you. Representation is very important. "

" Why trip off some random person in Idaho that doesn't feel my vibe? Like, no thank you. Stay in your life; I'll stay in mine. "