It was when I realized I ...

It was when I realized I needed to stop trying to be somebody else and be myself, that I actually started to own, accept and love what I had.
 Tracee Ellis Ross

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I'm extremely blessed to have the extraordinary mother that I have, and I don't mean Diana Ross, I mean the mother. My mom paved a road that didn't exist, as did Oprah.
 Tracee Ellis Ross
There is a way to be a woman, ask for what we deserve and be able to negotiate.
 Tracee Ellis Ross
Someone asked me recently, "Do you get sick of people asking you about your hair?" And the reason I don't is because I actually feel like you could chronicle my journey of self-acceptance through my journey with my hair. It's a badge of something bigger.
 Tracee Ellis Ross
I hope they look at me and think, 'That lady looks like she accepts herself'.
 Tracee Ellis Ross
In some of the darkest and hardest moments, there is always a part of me that is okay. And I can always access that part of me.
 Tracee Ellis Ross