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" It's impossible to be perfect, and you won't do a good job if you're too focused on proving yourself to others. "

Jessica Williams

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" I had to get used to seeing Samantha Bee around. I had to get used to seeing Jon, like, getting a bagel, and to John Oliver, and all these people whom I had seen on TV. Colbert would sometimes drop by. I had to get used to being a part of this multiple-Emmy-winning machine and being this 22-year-old black girl who was really green. "

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" Thankfully, I already have a mogul I can pattern myself after: Oprah. We're a lot alike. I'm black, I love to relate things people talk about to myself, and people think my best friend and I are lesbians! My strength is that I'm more relatable. "

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" I look for a man who respects my womanhood and doesn't make me feel like I have to be a stereotype. Like a housewife. "

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" Height has been very, very central to the development of my personality. "

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" As an executive producer, I feel really lucky. "

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" I love it when women are like, 'You guys sound like me and my best friend!' "

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" Get more confidence by doing things that excite and frighten you. "

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" There's truth in comedy, and that resonates with people of all races. "

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" Basketball would have been the natural sport to play, but it's a little too aggressive for me, so instead I dabbled in volleyball and some good old-fashioned Roller Derby. "

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" You don't have to be African American to really enjoy 'Frisky Business'. But as far as being black, a lot of people in New York have been stopped and frisked, so that hits home for them. "

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" It's cool to see a woman be like, 'This is what I want - this is what I don't want.' It's good to see someone making choices for themselves. "

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" I always feel like I'm warring with my womanhood and wanting the world to be better, and with my blackness - which is the opposite of whiteness. "

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" For me, so far, confidence has been a journey, not a destination. "

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" Sometimes, you feel like, 'Am I going to be upset about this as a black person or as a woman first? Or am I gonna be both?' Because some things inherently affect black women; some things affect you as a woman and not a black person; and some things just affect you as a black person. "

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" I don't know how to cook. I work a lot. So, for me, then, it's important to find a man who can cook. Who will make the house a home more than I can. "

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" I'm a young correspondent, so sometimes I'm just young. Sometimes I'm just straightforward. "

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" You can learn so much just by observing. "

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" As far as diversity's concerned, there's me, there's Al Madrigal, there's Aasif Mandvi. But I'm not walking around feeling black all the time. That would stress me out. "

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" I'm a middle child, so I have middle-child syndrome. With a middle child, you always have to take in everything and adjust and maybe compromise a little bit so you're able to see both sides of an issue. I'm also a Leo - I love astrology - so that affected me, just being a lion. "

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" Ultimately, when I deliver something, a lot of times it will be from a black woman's perspective, but other times it will be just from a satirical, goofy perspective. "

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