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Every day I grapple between ‘I’m going to get married’ and ‘I’m going to spend the rest of my life alone with a poodle.’

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Music is my form of cleansing and introspection, so I have to grow in order to accomplish it. SZA
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Accomplishment Grow Up Music
I don’t have a background in music, and I have a short attention span. If you put me in the studio every day, I’m gonna get lost.
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Attention Lost Music Myself Time
I love folk. I love rap.
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Music Myself
We’re changing little girls’ lives across the world, and we didn’t even know what we were doing when we started.
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Change Inspirational World
I was born in St. Louis, but I’m from Maplewood, New Jersey. Maplewood is completely different than the rest of New Jersey. It’s very small. It’s quietly affluent but more low-key. Lauryn Hill is from my town, though.
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Born Complete Different Myself Place
I do a lot of strange things.
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Myself One Liner Strange
I don’t feel ashamed to be loud, which is an argument I’ve had with lots of men, who thought I was too sassy and unladylike.
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Character Feeling Man Myself Shame
I learned everything the hard way – like, literally, everything. I know that God does that to people that he has lessons for. I just wish that I had learned less extreme lessons.
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God Hope Learning Lesson Myself People
On Halloween, because we don’t celebrate it, my dad would drive me somewhere, anywhere different. Like Little Italy in New York to walk around and teach me all about the food and culture.
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Different Father Food Myself Teaching Walk
Wearing a hijab never made me feel any more conservative – it made me feel safe. Then, after 9/11, I became the butt of a joke on the playground, so I stopped wearing it. Kids can be really cruel when you’re the only black girl in your Girl Scout troop.
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Black Feeling Myself Safety
I think we all do: I think we wonder if we’re supposed to be here if we’re doing the right thing if we even want to be here. At least, I do all the time.
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Myself Right Thinking Time Wonderful
My mom was an executive at AT&T, a global account lady. I have no idea what she did. I just know she was never home and speaks several languages.
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Herself Home Ideas Language Mom Myself
I will be feeling morbid and joyful at the same time.
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Feeling Instagram Captions Joy Myself Time
I try to think of myself as a chic fishing grandpa aesthetically.
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Design Fashion Myself Thinking
I feel like when you say ‘activist,’ you have to have so much clarity, and I don’t always necessarily have so much clarity on how I want to help others, I just have this weird, deep urge to help other people. I’m trying to let God guide my body and use it as whatever kind of vehicle or vessel it needs to be.
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Body Control Feeling God Kind Myself Necessary Need People
I was a funky kid.
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Children Myself

Every day I grapple between ‘I’m going to get married’ and ‘I’m going to spend the rest of my life alone with a poodle.’

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