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I've fried my hair off. I've shaved my hair off. I've done it all.
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I learned everything the hard way - like, literally, everything. I know that God does that to people that he has lessons for. I just wish that I had learned less extreme lessons.
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I do a lot of strange things.
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Control is not real, and I'm really understanding that every day. It's about the acceptance of relinquishing control that makes it powerful for you.
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I feel like when you say 'activist,' you have to have so much clarity, and I don't always necessarily have so much clarity on how I want to help others, I just have this weird, deep urge to help other people. I'm trying to let God guide my body and use it as whatever kind of vehicle or vessel it needs to be.
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I worry so much. Like, 'Damn, how can I be excellent?' But it's a journey.
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I love cuffing season. It's a very inspiring season for those who want to be inspired.
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When I sing full voice, I get nervous because I get nasal and abrasive and a little scratchy.
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I did some work on Beyonce and Nick Minaj's 'Feeling Myself.'
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We're changing little girls' lives across the world, and we didn't even know what we were doing when we started.
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I have a really strong gluten allergy, and I'm pretty lactose-intolerant, like, in a big way, but I love cheese.
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I don't think I'm inherently feminist. I think the universe wants me to be feminist, and I think I resonate with that. I think it just chose me to be this female energy... thing. And I'm very drawn to female energy, but I don't really have any prerequisites in feminism. I just roll with it.
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I love classical jazz.
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Sugar makes me feel crazy - like, makes my body hurt kind of a thing. I don't really eat fruit because it has a lot of sugar. I try not to eat a lot of red meat, but every now and again, I feel like I need iron or something - something that I'm missing.
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My mom is a Pan-Africanist. My dad is still Orthodox Sunni Muslim, but he's super fun. He worked in television for years. He was a Black Panther.
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My parents wanted me to go to school.
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I think we all do: I think we wonder if we're supposed to be here, if we're doing the right thing, if we even want to be here. At least, I do all the time.
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I love Modest Mouse.
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Oh, Instagram stresses me out on a very deep level!
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I don't want to speak negativity into existence.
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I love Obama, and I just want to reiterate it again to everyone from every hilltop and every mountain: I love him!
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It's so hard for me to focus on things for a long time that I'm not incredibly passionate about.
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My parents are really conservative. My dad is Muslim, and my mom is the most conservative woman you've ever met. They're very aristocratic in the most quaint suburban way.
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Wearing a hijab never made me feel any more conservative - it made me feel safe. Then, after 9/11, I became the butt of a joke on the playground, so I stopped wearing it. Kids can be really cruel when you're the only black girl in your Girl Scout troop.