Boycotts – to me – are a pain in the butt, if you want to [ boycott ]... don't go see the movie. ... If we're not here, then we're really not here. Also on the red carpet, actress Kerry Washington, who stunned in a white and black leather dress, told Robin Roberts why she chose to attend Academy Awards.

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In the dark times, if you have something to hold on to, which is yourself, you'll survive.

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When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.

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We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.

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When I was nine years old, Star Trek came on, I looked at it and I went screaming through the house, 'Come here, mum, everybody, come quick, come quick, there's a black lady on television and she ain't no maid!' I knew right then and there I could be anything I wanted to be.

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Normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine.

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If you don't look out for others, who will look out for you?

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I fear waking up one morning and finding out my life was all for nothing. We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark. When you're kind to someone in trouble, you hope they remember and are kind to someone else and so on. Soon it will be like a wildfire.

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We're born with success. It is only others who point out our failures, and what they attribute to us as failure.

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Art and life are subjective. Not everybody's gonna dig what I dig, but I reserve the right to dig it.

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If you can handle the fact that people are going to be mad at you when you do what you think is right, you'll be alright.

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It you want to be somebody, If you want to go some where, you've got to wake up and pay attention

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It never occurs to me that there are things I can't do.

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Children are a quality of life ... when our children are happy, then we are better as human beings.

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If there wasn't something called acting, they would probably hospitalize people like me.

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Taking action is hard, but know what? Enduring a bad situation can be its own hell.

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I don't think in terms of failure....I don't feel like anyone outside of me should be setting limitations. People should be encouraged to shoot for the moon.

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Normal is in the eye of the beholder.

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When I forget how talented God is, I look to the sea.

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Now, I've always known that there were bullies in the world. We've seen a lot of it in politics lately as well as in daily life. You see it where people who may be stronger, or bigger, or better with verbiage than other folks... show off. To me, that's what bullying is, showing off. It's saying, I'm better than you, I can take you down. Not just physically, but emotionally.

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You have to believe in yourself in spite of what other people believe.

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