Gabourey Sidibe Quotes

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• If I hadn't been told I was garbage, I wouldn't have learned how to show people I'm talented. And if everyone had always laughed at my jokes, I wouldn't have figured out how to be so funny. If they hadn't told me I was ugly, I never would have searched for my beauty. And if they hadn't tried to break me down, I wouldn't know that I'm unbreakable.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Funny, Motivational, Beauty

  "Gabourey Sidibe makes inspirational speech at Ms. Foundation gala" by Alison Rowley, www.digitalspy.com. May 2, 2014.

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• It doesn't have anything to do with how the world perceives you. What matters is what you see.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  What Matters, Perfect, World

  "Being Precious: Gabourey Sidibe" by Laura Brown, www.harpersbazaar.com. January 7, 2010.

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• Personally, it’s rude. You got three kids with the lady, she just did 17 years for you and you’re not gonna leave your...whatever!

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Kids, Years, Rude

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• People always ask me, 'You have so much confidence. Where did that come from?'. It came from me. One day I decided that I was beautiful, and so I carried out my life as if I was a beautiful girl. I wear colors that I really like, I wear makeup that makes me feel pretty, and it really helps. It doesn't have anything to do with how the world perceives you. What matters is what you see.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Beautiful, Girl, Powerful

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• If they hadn’t tried to break me down, I wouldn’t know that I’m unbreakable.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Inner Strength, Unbreakable, Knows

  "Gabourey Sidibe: Don’t ask me why I’m confident, ask Rihanna!". Gabourey Sidibe's speech on feminism, power and beauty at Gloria Steinem’s 80th birthday, www.salon.com. May 2, 2014.

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• I am the only consistent person in my life and so I better like myself, and I better love myself. And I really better know that I'm as beautiful as anyone else.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Beautiful, Love Myself, Consistent

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My beauty is dark chocolate and it's delicious and it's sweet.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Sweet, Dark, Chocolate

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• I don't think my brand of self-confidence and self-assuredness can come from an outside source. It's got to come from me.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Self Confidence, Thinking, Source

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• I don't fixate on other people's opinions of my body.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  People, Body, Opinion

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• One day I decided that I was beautiful, and so I carried out my life as if I was a beautiful girl.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Beautiful, Girl, One Day

  "Being Precious: Gabourey Sidibe" by Laura Brown, www.harpersbazaar.com. January 7, 2010.

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• I can't quite say that I was raised Muslim, but I remember up until 5 or so I would pray, you know, with my dad. And it's actually a beautiful practice. It's giving of yourself to a higher power - no matter what you call that higher power. Living your life as close to what you think that higher power wants you to be is a really powerful thing.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Beautiful, Powerful, Dad

  "Actress Gabourey Sidibe On Anxiety, Phone Sex And Life After 'Precious'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. May 08, 2017.

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• Your body is your temple, it's your home, and you must decorate it.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Home, Body, Temples

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• One day I had to sit down with myself and decide that I loved myself no matter what my body looked like and what other people thought about my body. I got tired of hating myself.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Beauty, Hate, Tired

  "‘Precious’ Star Gabourey Sidibe: My First Diet Started At Age Six". www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• I don't know any teenager with a positive attitude.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Attitude, Teenager, Positive Attitude

  Source: collider.com

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• I have a birthmark on the inside of my left knee that resembles an upside-down sea horse.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Horse, Sea, Knees

  "Need to Meet: Gabourey Sidibe". Interview with Thelma Adams, www.marieclaire.com. July 22, 2010.

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• I think people look at me and don't expect much. Even though, I expect a whole lot.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Thinking, People, Looks

  " Gabourey Sidibe: 'People look at me and don’t expect much. I Expect a Lot'" by Brian Brooks, www.indiewire.com. October 29, 2009.

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• I live my life because I dare. I dare to show up when everyone else might hide their faces and hide their bodies in shame.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Body, Might, Faces

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• I hate yoga so much. Like, if yoga was a person, I'd stab them.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Hate, Yoga, Persons

  "Being Precious: Gabourey Sidibe" by Laura Brown, www.harpersbazaar.com. January 7, 2010.

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• Just relax. When I was younger, I made myself the victim of catastrophic thinking. Anything that went wrong was the end of the world. But as I've gotten older, I've learned to stop myself and say, 'Hey babe, calm down. Tomorrow there will be sun.'

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Thinking, Relax, Hey

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• I learned to love myself, because I sleep with myself every night and I wake up with myself every morning, and if I don't like myself, there's no reason to even live the life.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Morning, Live Life, Sleep

  "Living the Life" by Tim Murphy, nymag.com. September 25, 2009.

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• I certainly used to wish that I was skinny, lighter-skinned, with long, pretty hair. But only because I used to get made fun of for being the absolute opposite. I didn't see all of that stuff as the American Dream. I just wanted to look normal. Now that I'm older, I really do feel like I am a beautiful girl.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Beautiful, Girl, Dream

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• Most of my life, I wanted to be a therapist, but then I just decided that I didn't want to be in charge of giving people advice. I want to know everything there is to know about psychology. But a therapist? No.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  People, Giving, Advice

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• It's so weird to turn on a switch and be the role model for all women, for all African-Americans. That doesn't happen that easily. It does not. So I don't act up in public and don't do anything weird, because my sisters are watching me. Not because the world is watching me.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Role Models, African American, Roles

  "Actor Gabby Sidibe Proves to Be The Girl for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire". Interview with Brad Balfour, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 3, 2009.

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• If you're writing on your own, each character is just you. It's just you.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Writing, Character

  "Actress Gabourey Sidibe On Anxiety, Phone Sex And Life After 'Precious'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. May 08, 2017.

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• My goal was just to live a good life that I was happy with. And I wasn't exactly sure that that meant being the star of a movie.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Good Life, Goal

  "Gabourey Sidibe's Message To The World: 'Mind Your Own Body'". Interview with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. May 1, 2017.

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