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"I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as everybody else or as smart, or whatever."
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"My whole life I've had the fear that I was going to be abandoned."
Life

"Beauty is not just physical."
Beauty

"I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think."
Life

"The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even if I don't have a cherry."
Man

"I'm learning to accept the lack of privacy as the real downer in my profession."
Learning

"There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog."
Being

"I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as everybody else or as smart, or whatever."
Growing up

"I know I'm only one human being and I'm only making one tiny contribution and it's nothing more than that."
Being

"The times may have changed, but the people are still the same. We're still looking for love, and that will always be our struggle as human beings."
Love

"While being called beautiful is extremely flattering, I would much rather be noticed for my work as an actress."
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"I felt like a dork growing up so this is shocking."
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"L.A. Woman is amazing, but when I was growing up I was into the Who."
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"I still feel like I have a lot of growing up to do 'til I find the voice. Everybody has their own voice and their own thing they want to say to the world."
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"I hate that word, mature, but I guess I am growing up."
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"There are things about growing up in a small town that you can't necessarily quantify."
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"Growing up, I was the plain one. I had no style. I was the tough kid with the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair."
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"As a Latino growing up in Spanish harlem, it's not easy trying not to be hot-headed."
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"Well, when I was growing up it was Ozzie and Harriet on TV - nobody's parents were like that."
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"I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere."
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"Growing old is not growing up."
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