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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

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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Acting Class Fall Fear Love Myself Time World
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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Explore Herself Husband Life Reflection Simplicity Woman
When you feel happy, you look beautiful.
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Happiness Yourself
I buy what makes my heart sing. So, it’s not that I follow one specific track. It’s sort of what I like. I love colors. I love unique pieces. I love vintage clothing.
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Follow Heart Myself Pieces Sing Specific Track
Just embrace your hair! I really feel like I am not an advocate for people doing what I do. I’m an advocate for people discovering and finding what works for them.
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Embrace Finding Hairs People Work
Nothing goes to windward like a 747.
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Special Wind
I think television is doing a better job than films in terms of representing people, but television is still not diverse.
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Better Diversity Myself Representation Television Thinking
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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Explore Funny Sharp Topic Weight
I was shy, but it came out in a big personality. My turning point was when I let my hair go naturally and I got contact lenses. I am really blind, by the way. I have these big eyes that don’t work!
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Appearance Blind Eyes Myself Point Way Work
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.
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Mom Morning Myself Record Rule Sleep
My bathroom is filled with hair and makeup stuff and I play with it all the time. What the real lesson is, is that you can own your own sense of beauty. It doesn’t have to be something you get from somewhere else.
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Beautiful Hairs Lesson Myself Play
This is a couple that actually loves, respects & appreciates each other.
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Appreciate Couple Each Other Love
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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Believe Big Care Life Myself
There are a ton of foods that are great for you, that’s like an indulgence.
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Delicious Food Indulge Yourself
I’ve always been a curious thinker. And now, as an adult, I can articulate it.
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Adult Curiosity Myself Thinking
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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Couple Husband Interest Love Myself Thinking

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.

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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.

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