"I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too."
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"I'm not angry. And I don't like the thing of the 'angry black woman,' either."
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"I'm full of clichés - I was raised by a Southern black woman and they had a saying for everything."
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""Southland" was not written for a black woman."
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""Legally Blonde 2" wasn't written specifically for a black woman."
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"Black women are the touchstone by which all that is human can be measured."
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