Mara Brock Akil quotes
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“I love writing about black women, but if you go beyond that, we're human beings - and because we're human beings, it's universal for everybody.”
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“Being black, Latino, or Asian is not a genre. Romantic comedies, thrillers, action - those are genres. I think there's a lot of people who want to have the conversation. I don't think people are afraid of it, I just think it's the time to have that conversation. Race is not a genre.”
-- Mara Brock Akil -
“A staple of my personality is that I want what I want - and Im willing to do without until I get it.”
-- Mara Brock Akil -
“Thank you for seeing me on the days when I couldn't see myself.”
-- Mara Brock Akil -
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“Any form of media is an opportunity to be a mirror and reflection of what we are experiencing more in the details of our life. What makes it fun and unique in a lot of ways is how that journey is changing just by the mere fact of the current time.”
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“We still have a lot of work to do in American culture. More open-mindedness is happening - in some cases rapidly, in some, slowly.”
-- Mara Brock Akil
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“My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.”
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Source : Source: www.mtv.com
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