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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. "

Tracee Ellis Ross

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" My mom had beautiful clothes. My mom is elegant; my mom is glamorous. But my mom is also really real, and I grew up with a mother who had babies crawling on her head and spitting up on her when she was wearing gorgeous, expensive things, and it was never an issue. "

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" I used to think 40 was old. Now I think, 'Hey, 40's hot!' "

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" Everyone's always like, 'Be your best self!' And that drives me bananas, because when you're not, it makes you feel really bad. "

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" Using my voice to recognize and celebrate other women is a joy for me. "

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" Career-wise, there are so many things where you don't get what you think you want. I've had to make space for, 'Do I let that debilitate me and make me feel bad about myself? And make me feel like I need to change myself in some way?' Because I think changing myself is very different from growing and learning. "

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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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" There is no right way to do life. "

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" I'm baffled by the people who say, 'I'm just not going to vote.' "

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

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" I always had a thin frame, but when you hit 40 and eat french fries three days in a row, it's like, 'What happened?' "

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" We should all do what we can in our daily lives to remember that we are glorious and powerful. "

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" I don't always feel fierce and fearless, but I do feel like I'm a rock star at being human. "

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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 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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" We as black people are not a monolithic bunch. We are not all the same, and neither are women. Instead, we are all individuals who have these extraordinary stories to tell and share with each other that will enrich all of our lives and help us all become more ourselves and better people. "

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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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" 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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" 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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" I feel like our culture is so good at pulling other people down and being so judgmental, but there's space for all of us to be who we are. There's space for us to celebrate each other and root for each other and not take each other down. "

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" My goal is to make space for my selfhood. All of it. All of me, not just the parts I like or think that others like but all of it. "

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" Lily Tomlin was one of the early comedy greats who influenced my courage to be the person I am. "

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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?' "

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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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" 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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" My goal is not necessarily to be an inspiration. I think, if anything, I want to continue to be inspired and to continue to grow as a person. "

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" I cook naked, and I walk around naked. I'm very comfortable with my body. "

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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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" 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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" What I think is exciting is that, to a certain extent, there is a revolution happening where black women are owning their own beauty, despite the standard of beauty that in the past has not had space for it. "

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