One of the things I’ve realized is how portable God is. No really, He’s everywhere!
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSThis is a couple that actually loves, respects & appreciates each other.
More Tracee Ellis Ross Quotes
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I don’t know that the stereotypical idea of what it is to be a child of somebody hugely famous necessarily comes into play in my life.
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My mom would leave her job, and there would be throngs of people screaming and banging on our car. I come from a very private family, but I was born into a public family.
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I’m trying to find my own version of what makes me feel beautiful.
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Somehow [Kenya Bariss] has figured out how to explore these very weighty, sticky, sharp topics, and still be funny and not make fun of the topic.
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Throughout high school, I was obsessed with magazines. I used to just comb through them and plaster things on my wall.
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It would drive the photographers crazy because I would giggle and tell jokes. I was gregarious, and looking back, I realize I had a captive audience.
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It was when I realized I needed to stop trying to be somebody else and be myself, that I actually started to own, accept and love what I had.
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There is a way to be a woman, ask for what we deserve and be able to negotiate.
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I’ve always been a curious thinker. And now, as an adult, I can articulate it.
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I think our culture promotes fear and shame.
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One of the photographers was like, “Can you stop talking and try to look sexy for a minute?”
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In some of the darkest and hardest moments, there is always a part of me that is okay. And I can always access that part of me.
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And it acting was exciting to me. And scary.
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After college, I shot a pilot for a show on Lifetime, which was basically House of Style for a TV lover. I think I got paid $1,500, and I was like, “Mom, I’m moving out! I made it!” I did two seasons of that, but I felt like a talking head and wanted to do more.
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Sometimes I feel like art is supposed to mirror life, but strangely it’s as if art is trying to catch up to life, to a certain extent?
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