- Big Proponent
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being Quotes
On identity, openness and staying true to yourself.
This set of quotes explores what it means to simply be: holding onto a child's spontaneity, embracing honesty that feels inappropriate in creative work, or aging with flexibility instead of resistance. For more on self-belief, see our Able quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up partially around Stone Mountain, Georgia, and in that part of the country, there was always this aura of mythology and palpable sense of otherness about being a Southerner.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must do our part to make ourselves visible to the world. Let everyone see that being a queer parent of color is normal and happening right next door to them.
- Intellectual
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sports and entertainment are the only places where inner-city kids see themselves being able to succeed. Their intellectual development is something they don't relate to.
- I Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love being in a courtroom.
- College
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was very active in college. I wanted to play athletics, and then I looked at wrestling as being a viable option to do that.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got bullied so much growing up for being a different color in a majority white school.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even after 'Gangster' being a success, I was considered a B-grade actress and was a sidekick, even though I was good at what I did, and was jobless for two years.
- Deep
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- Nov 07, 2020
At some of my earliest shows, we used to roll up 20 deep - if my mates can't come in, I can't come in. My record label couldn't understand it: plus-19 on the guestlist?! But that was how it was. Over the years - as it is with everyone, but amplified from being in the public - it's got smaller and smaller.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just trying to humanise situations and represent voices that aren't being represented.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's only that we live in a patriarchal society, and therefore, the word 'feminism' has to be used as a counter to patriarchy. But feminism is about being equal. The word used should be 'equalist,' as it is about all humans being equal and respecting each other for that.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
You are enough, which I believe is critical for any human being to get in their bones.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am proud of being small.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020