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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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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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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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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One good step breeds another one.
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I have friends struggling with autism, juvenile diabetes.
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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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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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I went to an all-girls private school, where we played field hockey and lacrosse.
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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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Take all the hype out of the exercise and think of it as brushing your teeth.
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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 have a real no-nonsense dad who taught me how to be resilient at a very young age.
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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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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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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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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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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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It's not how pretty you are or how talented you are. It's that if these five people on this day in this room like you, then you get a job.
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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.