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" I used to literally collect friends that had hair like me. And it would start like this: 'What kind of products do you use?' "

Tracee Ellis Ross

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" I need to see my own beauty and to continue to be reminded that I am enough, that I am worthy of love without effort, that I am beautiful, that the texture of my hair and that the shape of my curves, the size of my lips, the color of my skin, and the feelings that I have are all worthy and okay. "

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" Keeping the facts differentiated from the fantasy is incredibly helpful in gathering your information as you discover if a person is a match for you. "

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" For so many years, I was trying to beat my hair into submission, trying to get it to look like someone else's hair, and I didn't know how. I remember going through a phase where I even put beer in my hair, because I was told that would make it smooth and curly. "

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" If you look back at what I believe and what I stand for, I am certainly a proud feminist. "

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" I eat in the same philosophy that I live with: joyfully! "

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" My natural disposition is pretty joyful, but you know, I have bad days and sad moments like anybody else. "

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" So about this Fierce and Fearless award, honestly, I am often afraid. I was terrified when I lost my voice. But I've come to understand and listen to the fear. I walk towards it. I lean into it to find the information and things that it has to teach me - unless it says run, and then I run. "

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" I have a few rules on lipstick... I don't wear gloss because I can't talk properly. I like matte lipsticks; I like an opaque shade that you can't see my lip color through at all. "

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" As a woman of color, we're raised to know we have to be twice as good. "

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" I am a connoisseur of products. I check out everything, I try everything. "

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" If wearing a weave is what makes you feel beautiful, if wearing a wig, if wearing your hair pink, blue, that's what matters, in my opinion. "

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" Even if politicians spew confusing, convoluted jargon, these people are still meant to represent me, and the only way that happens is if I stay informed and vote. "

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" Julia Louis-Dreyfus is like a hero, to have played different comedic roles. She gets sexier, funnier, and better with time. "

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" There's no way you can go home and learn lines, because you need to go home and sleep. So I've figured out systems. I order two lunches so I can eat dinner before I leave work, so when I get home, I can just go to bed. "

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" I don't do what I do to get nominated. I do what I do because I love it. "

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" I just really strongly promote pushing against this culture of perfection. I mean, I'm sorry, for me, Spanx don't feel good. I've tried one of those waist-trainer things on - that hurt like the bejesus. "

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" I don't want to feel shamed into making a choice about my physical appearance or my body... or even about the choices I make about my life. I want to be feel empowered and inspired because they feel good to me. "

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" Red carpet is a little bit scary. It's not about expression. It's about taking a pretty picture in a really weird, awkward way, with so many people watching. It's a glamorous part of the job, but it requires its own kind of courage. "

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" There is no right way to do life. "

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" I think, for me, my goal is to continue to be teachable. I can't see around corners, but I want to be able to walk enough in my life where I go around more corners than I ever thought I could go around. "

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" I used to watch my mom put her makeup on for the stage, and it was one of the most special moments. I would sit quietly on the dressing room floor and watch her put her face on. I think she looks most beautiful in the morning when she wakes up with no makeup on... it's my favorite look on women. "

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" For me, it really is about the self-acceptance... the more time that I spend really accepting and allowing myself to be exactly where I am, the faster it is I move towards what I wanna be doing. "

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" There are things about my body that I don't love, but I'm not trying to look perfect every day - I'm trying to look like me! "

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" Having been in the business for a while, I never like to look forward. You kind of enjoy what's happening while it's happening and leave the rest up to God, the angels, the trees, the stars - whatever you want to call it. "

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" Here is my wish and my desire and my pledge as well: that we remember our true nature and our womanhood. That we own and know that we are more than our bodies and yet our bodies are these sacred, beautiful, rhythmic houses for us. "

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" It is important for me to feel like myself on a red carpet - not the way somebody else thinks I should look. "

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" Keep in mind that diversity does not just mean black. It means all of it - age, weight, gender. "

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" 'Blackish' is set in current times. So, doing a police brutality episode in current times when kids are watching our show, it gives them an access point to have these kinds of conversations as family. "

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" On 'Black-ish,' I like my makeup to be really natural - so much that I can do it myself. My character is a mother of four and a doctor and a wife, who would not have time to be putting on eyeshadow or curling her lashes. "

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" When I'm not working, I spend a lot of time on my hair. When it's time for my hair to get some rest, I either wear it in a ponytail, bun or my favorite 'milkmaid' braid. "

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