Nia Long Quotes

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• Enjoy life, study hard, play hard, be kind to other people, set high standards, and don't be afraid to say "No."

  Nia Long

  Play Hard, People, Enjoy Life

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• I admire the women who can have babies and jump right back to work. As a nursing mother, I couldn’t sit there and just pump all day. I needed to be close to my baby.

  Nia Long

  Mother, Baby, Nursing

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• I think that if something matters to you, and is important to you, then you give it the attention and energy it deserves. So, I don't look upon it as a price, but as an opportunity to influence the community in a healthy way.

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  Opportunity, Thinking, Giving

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• Every woman deserves diamonds, and even if you can't afford to go out and buy diamonds for yourself or you don't have actual stone diamonds, I think when we look at ourselves we should refer to ourselves as a precious stone.

  Nia Long

  Thinking, Precious Stones, Looks

  "Nia Long's Simple Two-Step Trick for Instantly Brighter Skin". Glamour Interview, www.glamour.com. August 14, 2014.

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• I believe everyone should have the freedom to represent what they believe-in in their own way.

  Nia Long

  Believe, Should Have, Way

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• All of us have moments in our lives when we have to choose between what we know is right and what we feel obligated to do.

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  Moments

  Source: aalbc.com

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• I'm a self-made woman. I've never compromised myself.

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  Self, Self Made, Made

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Good shoes and a good scent make the perfect day.

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  Perfect Days, Shoes, Scent

  "Nia Long's Simple Two-Step Trick for Instantly Brighter Skin". Glamour Interview, www.glamour.com. August 14, 2014.

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• The last step will be letting my hair go natural. That's when you'll know I'm free.

  Nia Long

  Hair, Lasts, Steps

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• I attribute my talent and my success to God, but I believe that the only way you can manifest what He has ordained for you is by being close to Him and by making it happen. But we have to stay close to Him in order to be an image of Him.

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  Believe, Order, Way

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• I think you grow through your experiences; you get better as you grow and I'm not nearly where I think I'm going to be eventually where I inspire to be and hopefully the opportunities will continue to come.

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  Opportunity, Thinking, Inspire

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

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• I would love to have the ability to see inside everyone's heart before I heard them speak or even saw their faces.

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  Heart, Speak, Ability

  Source: aalbc.com

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• So I think if we’d just take our time as women, and do what comes natural to us and for us, we would make fewer mistakes.

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  Mistake, Thinking, Natural

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• In talking and communicating, [it's important that we] really share information with one another - because I think that leads to better understanding - and also just kind of [educate] one another in a way that's really honest.

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  Thinking, Talking, Understanding

  "The Root Interview: Nia Long on 'Mooz-lum' and Motherhood". Interview with Aisha I. Jefferson, www.theroot.com. February 18, 2011.

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• To put it in layman's terms, crazy is crazy. And crazy will find a way to do something crazy. Racist is racist. And racist people will find a way to project their racism onto the world.

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  Crazy, Racism, People

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Marriage is not a priority for me. I'm not saying I'll never do it. It's just not where we are as a family . . . I'll be at home with my man, having a perfectly loving time, and I'll see all these comments on some site about how wrong I am for not being married. I don't feel less loved or less loving because I'm not married.

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  Home, Men, Priorities

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• I'm kind of pinching myself in the morning. Like, wait, you really did pray to have a body of work that stays diversified and interesting. And I have it!

  Nia Long

  Morning, Interesting, Waiting

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I know how to make other women look beautiful: from hair to makeup to wardrobe. So, I feel that I have a gift with imaging, and that's kind of fundamental to the music video process.

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  Beautiful, Makeup, Hair

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• There are black men who are madly in love with white women. God bless them, if that's what works for them. I just hope that we can strike a balance that portrays black folks and the black family in a light that's not extreme. Those are the types of characters that I find myself attracted to.

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  Character, Men, Light

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• I think that's the most important thing: that we create dialogue.

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  Thinking, Important, Dialogue

  "The Root Interview: Nia Long on 'Mooz-lum' and Motherhood". Interview with Aisha I. Jefferson, www.theroot.com. February 18, 2011.

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• I'm more of a short-hair girl; short hair is a lot more low-maintenance than long hair. And when you're in front of camera every day and your hair is being flatironed and blow-dried it's easier to have a weave so you don't damage your own hair.

  Nia Long

  Girl, Blow, Hair

  "Nia Long's Simple Two-Step Trick for Instantly Brighter Skin". Glamour Interview, www.glamour.com. August 14, 2014.

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• I feel it's that I don't ever give up on myself, and I'd rather run a marathon than a sprint. Personally, I think I'm a slow learner who's getting better every year, every moment, every project. I've met so many amazing people along the way. And there's no gimmick with me. What you see is what you get.

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  Running, Giving Up, Thinking

  Source: aalbc.com

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• I think we need to talk about mental illness a lot more. People complain about tax dollars and say we don't have the money. But if we can't put some of our investments, or some of our money back into humans, isn't that where it all begins?

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  Thinking, People, Complaining

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I am in constant search for that project that speaks to me personally. And when all the pieces come together properly, it'll happen.

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  Together, Pieces, Speak

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• I feel that single mommies don't get enough praise and accolades. I've had first-hand experience. My mother was a single mom. As far as I'm concerned, mommies, in general, rule the world. And single mothers just take it to a whole other level.

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  Mom, Mother, World

  Source: aalbc.com

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