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 ROSSWhen 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.
More Tracee Ellis Ross Quotes
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This is a couple that actually loves, respects & appreciates each other.
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Nothing goes to windward like a 747.
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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.
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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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I’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.
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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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Someone asked me recently, “Do you get sick of people asking you about your hair?” And the reason I don’t is because I actually feel like you could chronicle my journey of self-acceptance through my journey with my hair. It’s a badge of something bigger.
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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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Self-care of all kinds is a huge part of my life. I really encourage other women and other people to really put self-care – and that includes the beauty regime, how you eat, all of that – into your body.
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I want to be awake. I want to choose kindness, live & let live. I want joy, gratitude, and peace today.
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I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me.
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We all, as women, need to continue to change our gaze from how we are seen to how we are seeing.
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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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If I’m going to show cleavage or chest then I don’t show leg. I show one thing. If I show leg then everything else is covered up.
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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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