Rachel Simmons Quotes
From childhood to adolescence, girls face mixed messages about displaying power and authority.

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We are presented with a unique situation in the black community in that we have embraced the beauty of hip hop, the real rawness of it, the real fun of it, but we also have to address the damage it has done. We have to look at what it's done to our black girls, especially when it comes to domestic violence.
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You should never say 'D'Brickashaw' and 'bust' in the same sentence. You should never even think that. It should be D'Brickashaw, Pro Bowl, D'Brickashaw, Jets, Super Bowl.
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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I love the 'Lost' ending. I stand by it, but there are a lot of people out there who hate it.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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The mark of all good art is not that the thing done is done exactly or finely, for machinery may do as much, but that it is worked out with the head and the workman's heart.
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I was the first actress who branded her own line at a time when everyone just lent their name to a product. Everyone said I shouldn't do it, but it was probably the best thing I've ever done.
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The Democratic Party is the party of the status quo.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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My gut feeling about sequels is that they should be premeditated: You should try to write a trilogy first or at least sketch out a trilogy if you have any faith in your film.
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My friends I grew up with were so supportive to me. And I'm not the only one who's done well.
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Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.
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You make your mistakes to learn how to get to the good stuff.
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For the entirety of my career, I have taken the fights that no one wanted because I fear no man.
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Everything that I design I would wear myself.
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I feel very comfortable with my trajectory because I do have a life; I can go on the subway, you know? And I've been able to do that my entire career, and I have friends who are huge movie stars and can't go on the subway, and I feel like that sucks.
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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
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I find out more about Jack every week. Essentially, I'm the same character, but I'm having more fun this season because I'm doing more aliases, you know. I like the surprise of not knowing.
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I'm not a businessperson. I have no sense of money. My mom does everything for me. She makes all my decisions for me, and even buys my clothes. She's very protective.
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I have to give a lot of credit to Sandy Weill, because he gets it. He gets the power of the women's contribution to the economy.
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Providing all Latin-American children with the education and early childhood development that they need is in the best interest of all, so it has to be a priority for all of us, not only the government and civil society, but also the business sector.
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You don't always do the same things you've done the night before. That's what makes playing live so interesting as opposed to being in the studio.
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I have learned from my experiences in this industry that there is absolutely no way to control people's opinions on your performance in your movie. You go out there, promote your film and hope people like the work you did.
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From childhood to adolescence, girls face mixed messages about displaying power and authority.