"The way to bring about change is to be proactive and active."
"Weight issues, race issues will always be there and if you allow them to get to you and you allow them to affect you then yes they affect you. But my thing is I have so many other things to worry about I can't worry about other people's perception of me."
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Source: Starting Point with Soledad O'Brien, www.cnn.com. February 21, 2013.
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