Nicole Ari Parker-Kodjoe Quotes
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God loves you and everything about you, so why beat up on your precious self.
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Not just as a black woman, but as a woman, since the beginning of time, beauty has been our responsibility.
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If you had to work 14 hour days, Mondays to Fridays, then you have to keep Saturdays and Sundays sacred.
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We're all moving at such a high rate that we have to grab frozen dinners and McDonald's. We can't make it a way of life - we have to get back to real, simple, clean good foods. It will save our lives on so many levels; not just spina bifida, but obesity, diabetes, everything. Food is our medicine.
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When you set a play in the French Quarter in New Orleans, it's hard not to acknowledge the whole African-American, French, white mixing of races. That's what the French Quarter is: it's a Creole community.
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One good step breeds another one.
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Being a pedestrian again is very exciting because in L.A. you live in your car, and you're on a freeway all the time.
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I have friends struggling with autism, juvenile diabetes.
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I enjoy using coconut oil - not only for my skin and hair, but I'll digest it.
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I went to an all-girls private school, where we played field hockey and lacrosse.
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A guy once told me that I sound like I’m a little ahead of myself. I can’t wait to thank him at the Oscars.
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Between the kids, the jobs and everything, no matter what color you are, cardio is probably not on the top of your list.
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Take all the hype out of the exercise and think of it as brushing your teeth.
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Being away from home was tough, but the challenge and the thrill of being on Broadway was so fulfilling, and I'm thankful to my husband for making it possible and holding it down at home.
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Exercise is about being grateful for the body you have and sustaining the life you have.
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I can be really silly, but I never get to do that. I'm always playing on-the-nose characters, professionals - lawyers, a serious news anchor, people with a really focused energy, which can become a cliched type.
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All kids want from their dad is for them to be around - and to show up when they say they're going to show up.
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I have a real no-nonsense dad who taught me how to be resilient at a very young age.
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Forty-years-old these days is the beginning of people's lives. I've found myself, I'm confident, I'm mature, I've been through some stuff, I'm ready to write my book.
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Honestly, working with Eddie Murphy was mind-blowing just in terms of the budget alone. To see the respect he commands, to witness his presence, you understand why he and people like Martin Lawrence are stars.
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I couldn't imitate anyone if I wanted to.
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I love the theater. I love being on stage; I love the live audience. I also love dressing up and all of the make – believe.
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Every parent knows this moment in a child's age when he or she needs your attention in a very specific way because it's the beginning and ending of the early life of imagination. It's such a responsibility.
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Raising children uses every bit of your being - your heart, your time, your patience, your foresight, your intuition to protect them, and you have to use all of this while trying to figure out how to discipline them.