Chris Rock Quotes
It's like, hmm, there's people with $2000 weaves that could have bought health care with that weave money. They don't have insurance. People want what they want. And I guess that is a reason we have this big credit card problem and a lot of these foreclosures.
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For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman.
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Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
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I never go wild with nails.
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Stay away from the sun and remember the skin on a woman's neck, hands and face is sensitive and ages easily, so apply a high SPF sunscreen on those areas.
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Life is a perspective and for me, if a human being has access to school, clean water, food, proper health care, that is the basis of human rights.
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It's like, hmm, there's people with $2000 weaves that could have bought health care with that weave money. They don't have insurance. People want what they want. And I guess that is a reason we have this big credit card problem and a lot of these foreclosures.
