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" If you're actually talking to someone who's been through a disastrous number of years, that only means one thing: They survived it. "
Nicole Ari Parker
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" It's not how pretty you are or how talented you are. It's that if these five people on this day in this room like you, then you get a job. "
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" Between the kids, the jobs and everything, no matter what color you are, cardio is probably not on the top of your list. "
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" One good step breeds another one. "
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" I have a real no-nonsense dad who taught me how to be resilient at a very young age. "
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" Not just as a black woman, but as a woman, since the beginning of time, beauty has been our responsibility. "
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" Hair is an issue for most women, and after washing, blow-drying, flat-ironing, curling, braiding, twisting and spending the time and money on it, who wants to mess it up by sweating and having to do it all over again? "
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" I love Malcolm Lee and jumped on the opportunity to work with him as a director. "
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" Being a parent is the hardest job ever in life. "
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" When you set a play in the French Quarter in New Orleans, it's hard not to acknowledge the whole African-American, French, white mixing of races. That's what the French Quarter is: it's a Creole community. "
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" All kids want from their dad is for them to be around - and to show up when they say they're going to show up. "
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" My husband and I are loyal to our community and very approachable, even though we're kind of mainstream. "
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" If you had to work 14 hour days, Mondays to Fridays, then you have to keep Saturdays and Sundays sacred. "
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" You have to work hard not to take your partner for granted, even when you are tired. "
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" I enjoy using coconut oil - not only for my skin and hair, but I'll digest it. "
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" I think 'Soul Food' had the biggest impact on me because that's where I was really able to shine as an actress and because I also met my husband there, and that was a huge turning point in my personal life. So, that show will stick with me forever and ever and ever. "
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" Raising children uses every bit of your being - your heart, your time, your patience, your foresight, your intuition to protect them, and you have to use all of this while trying to figure out how to discipline them. "
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" Nobody can tell you how to be a good wife or husband. "
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" We're all moving at such a high rate that we have to grab the frozen dinners and the McDonald's. We can't make it a way of life - we have to get back to real, simple, clean good foods. It will save our lives on so many levels; not just spina bifida, but obesity, diabetes, everything. Food is our medicine. "
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