"I hope they look at me and think, 'That lady looks like she accepts herself.'"

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Source : "Tracee Ellis Ross Looks Chic on Essence's "Black Women in Hollywood" Double Cover, Talks black-ish Success" by Zach Johnson, www.eonline.com. February 10, 2015.

Tracee Ellis Ross

#Thinking Quotes #Looks Quotes #Accepting Quotes

“It isn't bad judgment to make a man believe he is something. He is by nature inclined to it, and a little encouragement is good for most people.”
“Infuse heart, soul, spirit and passion because talent is not enough”
“This boy thinks I am not of his species, that I am some other kind of creature, one that can be crushed under the weight of a phone book. The pain is not great, but the symbolism is disagreeable.”
“It may be -- I hope it is -- redemption to guess and perhaps perceive that the universe, the hell which we see for all its beauty, vastness, majesty, is only part of a whole which is quite unimaginable.”
“Aunt Mercy put down her tiles, one at a time. I-T-C-H-I-N. Aunt Grace leaned closer to the board, squinting. "Mercy Lynne, you're cheatin' again! What kinda word is that? Use it in a sentence." "I'm itchin' ta have some a that white cake." "That's not how you spell it." At least one of them could spell. Aunt Grace pulled one of the tiles off the board. "There's no T in itchin'." Or not.”
“If you're true to yourself, it doesn't matter where you record your music or where you say you're from. I am an artist from Texas, proud to be from Texas, but I play my own kind of music, my brand of country music.”
“I tend to [have] a lot of ideas but then just leave them in that infant form and kind of move on.”
“She had rarely been near Henry since then, and the sight of him now was like a concentrated dose.”

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