"The way to bring about change is to be proactive and active."
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"I can only be the best version of myself and understand that the only way that we as a people can heal is to understand that the next person's journey may not be your own, but it doesn't mean that you have to marginalize them in any way."
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"One thing I've learned is be comfortable in your skin, and more importantly, be comfortable in your shoes."
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"You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny, and hope that whatever your art is that you're putting out there, if it's received, great, I respect you for receiving it. If it's not received, great, I respect you for not."
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"To be silent is to be passive."
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"I can only live in my truth."
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"As you make your way along life's tumultuous highways, it's important to note that you should always carry a map, have plenty of fuel in the tank, and take frequent rest stops."
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"You have to create your own path and I'm up to the challenge."
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"I think that young women and little girls need to see that they don't have to be the damsel in distress. They don't have to not show their strength. They don't have to be whatever the stereotype is or the tropes that we go to in our minds."
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"I just know that the one thing that we all have in common is challenges. No one lives a challenge free life."
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"The things that scare you only make you better and stronger."
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"Everything happens when it's supposed to."
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"The older you get, you always learn more. Sometimes it's a process of learning about yourself and what your journey is. Sometimes the process moves forward at a rapid pace in a short amount of time - or moves backwards. And you're like, "Man, I thought I had made so much progress, and now all of a sudden, I'm 10 steps further behind than when I started.""
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"I gotta go home and feed my eels. They're not electric, but I have a plan."
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"I'm an Oscar nominee. I love saying that. Whatever happens, I'm going to sing that 'I'm an Oscar nominee' part."
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"There are enough negative images of Black women out there and I did not want to portray Dorothy Vaughn in any stereotype. I wanted to make sure that her integrity was preserved."
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"I have always been very family-oriented. I came from a dysfunctional, broken family growing up, and it's probably instilled in me the need and the want to have a strong family and a great foundation. So I think that is something that I naturally gravitate toward."
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"You just keep moving forward and doing what you do, and hope that it resonates with people. And if it doesn't, you just keep moving on until you find a project that does."
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"You know, bigotry isn't relevant to just the South. It never was. But I'm very grateful that I don't know what it's like from experience."
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"I can't speak for what other artists should do. I can only tell you how I live."
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