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I also have been called that terrible N word straight to my face and not known what to do about it because it was just in like 1993 that someone called me that.

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Halle Berry
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: August 14
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My mother never wanted me to focus on my physical self. She always said that beauty is what you do.
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My whole life I've had the fear that I was going to be abandoned.
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I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right.
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