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" I will never answer that question of what are the challenges I face. You speak it into existence, and I choose to use that air for other things. "

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" It's not my job to judge or assess. I think single, black, white, married - people are doing the best they can. "

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" Every time a young girl comes in and asks me for advice, if you start your conversation with, 'How hard is it as a black woman,' or, 'How hard is it as a woman,' I turn you around. Because I cannot - we cannot look at the roadblocks and see the road at the same time. "

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