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Uzo Aduba Quote

“I think it's always a good idea to dress as someone you like, as long as it's done in good taste. That's the key.”

— Uzo Aduba

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When I was little, I didn't smile much. Don't get me wrong. I was a happy kid, but I couldn't stand the space, dead center, in between my teeth. Yeah, I could whistle through it, but so what? That didn't win me many points on the playground in Medfield, Massachusetts.

— Uzo Aduba

Happiness

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I kept hiding my smile in pictures throughout middle school and most of high school until picture day came my senior year.

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Happiness

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I've heard of nothing coming from nothing, but I've never heard of absolutely nothing coming from hard work.

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Success

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I loved 'Ghana Must Go' by Taiye Selasi. It's about a first-generation African family living in America that has to return home to Nigeria when their estranged father passes away.

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Life

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My mother is a fighter. After she battled polio and learned to walk again, the doctors told her she would be a cripple her entire life. Instead of accepting defeat, she refused this fate and went on to become the West African Women's Singles tennis champion in college.

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Education

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When it comes to inmates, we have boiled them down to just the few things we know about them - their crime, their current life situation, their identification number. But the reality is they were something before they were their crime.

— Uzo Aduba

Life

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