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" If you're not represented, then sometimes you might not feel hopeful and don't feel like you can do something that other people are doing when you're just as worthy as they are. "

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" I would want to go back to the civil rights movement and see how that was. With the information and knowledge I have about it now, I would want to see how I would deal with it. "

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" I'm gonna take this world by storm. Pun unintended. "

" 'Matilda' is my favorite movie of all time. It's so funny. It's about this girl who's so independent and smart, and she has to learn how to get through all these challenges she faces, and she gets through them all so well. "

" Nothing's impossible, because in the word 'impossible,' it says, 'I'm possible.' Always know that no matter what, you can always do it, and don't let anybody tell you differently. "

" To work with Miss Oprah has been amazing. To have her in my corner and inspire me and uplift me has been amazing. "

" I live by faith and not sight. "

" I feel like I'm a really artsy person. I love to tie-dye shirts and bake and just do nerdy and fun stuff. "

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" I think '12 Years a Slave' really helped me, as a person and as a student, to grow. "

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" Representation is everything. "

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" I'm grateful for my family and my peers. "

" I just went up to my mom one day and said, 'I wanna be on TV. I wanna be a superstar!' Since I know this is my passion, and I feel like God chose this career for me, I just knew I was ready to do it. "

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" Representing young black girls and giving them hope and the light and letting them know that they can do anything is important to me as a little black girl, too. "

" I hope I just keep continuing to inspire a lot of people and trying to make a change in this world. "

" I just feel like, with growing up and having peer pressure and what society wants you to be and what you think you should do, I feel like it's really important to surround yourself around good, understanding, amazing people that actually love you for you. "

" You should always be dedicated and know that, if you strive to do something, you can achieve it. "

" I think my family does a good job of letting me be a regular teenager, which we all need. "

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" My schedule won't allow me to go to regular school, but I did love public school, and I did experience my first year of middle school in a regular school. "

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" Diversity should be forever; it should be a normal thing. "

" I feel like there's this great balance between me being an actress and traveling around and doing all this great stuff but, also, me being the regular teenager, like going to Disneyland with friends and just hanging out. "

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" I feel like it's important for young African-American girls - and all people - to read books that tell our stories and watch movies that tell our stories and do the research on our own, too, because sometimes that's not being told, and we're not being seen and shown. "

" I didn't look at the previous 'A Wrinkle in Time' movie. I wrote ideas down from the book, but I didn't really want to copy that Meg. We're the same, but we're different at the same time. I wanted to make myself Meg. I didn't want to use somebody else or use a reference. "

" I just want people to be inspired - not only young girls but young people in general - and I just want them to know they can do anything they want to do, and they are beautiful, and they are smart. "

" I haven't been afraid to speak my mind with anything, and I have always stood up for what I believe in. "

" I never saw a little African-American girl saving the world. So to be able to be that for not only myself but girls who look like me is really important and inspiring. Unfortunately, we don't see ourselves saving the world a lot, and if we do see any type of superhero, that person usually has superpowers. "

" I didn't think I would be 14, or 13 at the time, and be a lead in a role, but I think everything happens for a reason. "

" We have good food in Los Angeles, but it's not as good as Atlanta food. "

" My mom - she doesn't care if I stop acting tomorrow; she just wants the best for me. "

" My life is centered around God and faith. "

" You're not going to be perfect, but the most important thing is not trying to please anybody. It's loving yourself inside out. "

" I would love to keep playing roles where I get to inspire young women, and I get to uplift them and tell their stories and tell important stories that haven't been told. "