American - Actress | September 18, 1971 -
I've always been a caretaker; I think a lot of women are. We take care of everybody else first, and very rarely do we think about ourselves.
Jada Pinkett Smith
WomenThinkCareTake CareFirst
I grew up in a neighborhood in Baltimore that was like a war zone, so I never learned to trust that there were people who could help me.
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Women need to attack those negative voices they have in their head.
WomenNegativeNeedHeadAttack
What is the thing that Will could do to make me not love him? That would make me abandon him? I can't think of one. I'm sorry. Except if he did something bad to the kids - now we've got a problem.
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Human spirit, things that aren't tangible, fascinate me, so I'm always researching mind, spirit, soul.
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I never stop being a mother and I never stop being an artist. You understand? Which is probably why my kids are so creative, because it's not separated.
MotherCreativeYouArtistStopWhy
I like a lot of metal music. So that's really what I listen to a lot. Or I listen to a lot of kind of off the cuff, like I love artists like Santigold, or Gold Frapp. Yeah. Pelican. Yeah.
LoveMusicGoldKindListenMetal
Take responsibility about what you have on your TV, and about what you are out there supporting.
ResponsibilityYouOutTakeYourTV
We have to understand that we should, at all times, have the right and the power to make decisions about our bodies. And that is an idea that must be taught at a young age. You can't wait until a person is 18 years old and say, 'Now you have the right'. You have to start that from the gate.
AgePowerWaitStartDecisionsYou
When I was growing up, my mother only put her foot down once: She said, 'You are going to college.' And that was a lifesaving moment. But she never talked to me about my clothes or hair. So I learned how to parent my kids through her.
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I've always wanted to have the ability to do what I want to do. And there are so many things that I want to do because I love acting, I love directing, I love producing, I love being a mother, I love being a wife. If I had to choose one, just would put me in the crazy house.
LoveMotherWifeMeCrazyChoose
I think that with marriages, people have to understand that you have to look at your marriage and understand what is needed in your marriage - not what people think your marriage should be or what people want your marriage to be.
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