Differences in experience, points of view and opinions aren’t what pulls us apart. It’s what pulls us together.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSI’m extremely blessed to have the extraordinary mother that I have, and I don’t mean Diana Ross, I mean the mother. My mom paved a road that didn’t exist, as did Oprah.
More Tracee Ellis Ross Quotes
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Wisdom means to choose now what will make sense later.
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This woman [Bow] was not simply a reflection of who her husband was. She was her own whole self. And even if we weren’t exploring life through her eyes, when we did see her it was clear that she had a full life.
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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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I have to take some time to dream some new dreams. I feel like there’s a treasure hunt in front of me. A treasure hunt that is speckled with and seeded by a deep-rooted wild freedom.
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The two things that I thought were really interesting about this character [Bow] for me were that she actually loved her husband, and he loved her. The comedy was not coming from the fact that they hated each other. Which is what television couples are usually based on.
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Sometime in my second year at Brown [University], I took an acting class. And the lightbulb went off for me. I fell in love with it. I realized that everything I was afraid of about myself, all my fears, could be used in that world.
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I’ve always been a curious thinker. And now, as an adult, I can articulate it.
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My mom helped me. I was very shy growing up, but my shyness sort of manifested in a big personality.
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When you feel happy, you look beautiful.
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Nothing goes to windward like a 747.
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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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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.
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I’m a really big believer in self care. One of the ways I nourish my soul is I eat the way I live my life – joyfully.
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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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I sometimes think to myself, you’re not going to meet a new friend of any kind at home in front of the TV with your DVR. As much as it’s great, and there are so many good shows on TV, and I have great books that I’m reading, get out and interact with people.
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