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" We have to remember that people are free to love who they want to love. That also means that black women are free to love who they want to love. "

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" When you're a plus-sized girl, belts are your best friends. I also love bright colors and skirts, to show my pretty knees. "

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" Seriously, I love my gays. They accept me, and I accept them. Imperfections and all, we accept each other. "

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" Black women know that we've got to take care of it - so we take care of it. It's just embedded in us. "

" Miss Britney Spears took a dude that was already with a girl that had babies. And sometimes when you do that kind of stuff and take a dude, that's called karma. "

" It is harder to dress a bigger woman no matter what anybody wants to say. "

" I worked harder at my craft, and it took some time, but here I am today doing what I want to do, which is entertain people. "

" People are getting picked up off the street and getting a show, and it's because we're not using the people that are trying to be entertainers - use more of them. "

" Now that I live in Los Angeles, if I meet somebody from Detroit, it's like there's this brother- or sisterhood, where we're real folks. "

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