• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

1. black
2. grey
3. blue
4. red
5. brown
6. white

Nothing goes to windward like a 747.

Tracee Ellis Ross

Related Topics

SpecialWind

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

Prevoius| Next

More Tracee Ellis Ross Quotes

• 

  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.

  TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
  AccessDarknessHard TimeMyself
• 

  I was spoiled when I worked in the magazine world. Fashion closets are heaven and I seem to model my organization after a fashion closet.

  TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
  MagazineModelingMyselfOrganizationSpoilWork
• 

  When I’m not working, I spend a lot of time on my hair. When it’s time for my hair to get some rest, I either wear it in a ponytail, bun or my favorite “milkmaid” braid.

  TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
  HairsMyselfStyleTimeWork
• 

  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.

  TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
  AcceptanceMyselfNeedStartStop
• 

  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.

  TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
  FamousHugeIdeasLifeMyselfNecessaryPlay
• 

  My mom didn’t adhere to any of those typical rules. She woke us up for school every morning, and was there at dinner or would call at bedtime. She never left for longer than a week. She recorded while we were sleeping.

  TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
  MomMorningMyselfRecordRuleSleep
• 

  This is a couple that actually loves, respects & appreciates each other.

  TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
  AppreciateCoupleEach OtherLove
• 

  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?

  TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
  ArtFeelingMirrorMyselfStrangeTime
• 

  My generation is one of the first generations of “choiceful” women – women who have actually had the choice of how they architect their lives – and I don’t think shame should have any place in that. But as that generation, you get cuts and bruises.

  TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
  BruiseGenerationHurtLiveMyselfPlaceShameThinkingWoman
• 

  One of the photographers was like, “Can you stop talking and try to look sexy for a minute?”

  TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
  AppearanceOneselfStopTalkTime
• 

  I hope they look at me and think, ‘That lady looks like she accepts herself’.

  TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
  AcceptanceHopeMyselfThinking
• 

  One of the things I’ve realized is how portable God is. No really, He’s everywhere!

  TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
  GodOneselfRealizeThinking
• 

  Why am I beating my hair up? Because I want it to look like something that it isn’t? These are questions that I’ve been pondering my whole life.

  TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
  HairsLifeMyselfQuestion
• 

  I’m a farmer’s market girl, so if you go and get beautiful, fresh fruit, that’s local, and it hasn’t been frozen yet, it’s pretty fantastic.

  TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
  BeautifulFantasticGirlMarketMyself
• 

  [Black-ish creator] Kenya Bariss wrote on Girlfriends. We’ve been friendly since then. He sent me [the pilot] and said, “I wrote it for you.” But I know what that means in this industry.

  TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
  Writing
• 

  My mom helped me. I was very shy growing up, but my shyness sort of manifested in a big personality.

  TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
  GrowthManifestationMomPersonalityShy