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Art curates compassion. Art to me breaks down walls and allows us to step into somebody else's shoes.
Kerry Washington
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Kerry Washington
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: January 31
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My deepest desire is to create a world where there's room for all of us, where no matter who you are, you get to wake up in the morning and know that you are worthwhile and deserving. If that's the world I want to live in, I have to do the work to make that true for me.
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I think all of us in our lives feel like we can't make a difference or we can't make a change or it's too late or we're too tired or we're too scared.
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I wouldn't just come home from school and watch TV everyday, they had me involved in lots of local theatre. I was a very dramatic, talkative child. And that was part of my mother's creative solution - to put me in workshops and classes and children's theatre programmes.
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I think sometimes in life we want to ignore the problems of society and just think about the good. I believe in positive thinking and affirmative living, I also think it's really important to remember all of our disenfranchised members of society.
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People don't think about the fact that when Barack Obama's parents had him it was illegal for them to be married in several states in this country. So if we start making it okay that certain people can marry and other people can't, it's a slippery slope of civil rights.
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I really love research. It's one of the things I love most about my job. I feel like it's me in the lab cooking up the character.
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We need to be willing to be uncomfortable, to be flawed, to be imperfect, to own our voice, to step into our light, so that we can continue to inspire other people and employ other people, and make room for more and more voices and presence.
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I grew up in New York, so I fell in love with acting on a stage, not in front of a camera.
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Today there are people trying take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers fought for: our right to vote, our right to choose, affordable quality education, equal pay, access to health care. We the people can't let that happen.
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Arts education must be part of our education solution because it works for all students.
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I'd never really heard of financial abuse, although it makes so much sense when you hear it defined.
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To meet somebody who's able to harness the level of courage it takes to walk away and to choose your own life and your own health, the well-being of your family, is really inspiring.
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You can never control how people respond to your work. You can only control your own work ethic.
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I just want to keep having the courage to raise the bar for myself, and to keep striving for excellence in artistic integrity and public service. And to continue to challenge myself to move outside of my comfort zone, personally and professionally.
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I'd figure out ways to use role-playing in the healing of people.
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I don't think I'm even close to fulfilling my potential. And I think also that, unlike a pianist or a flutist, an actor has an instrument that is constantly changing.
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You may not be thinking about politics, but politics is thinking about you.
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Your life is your story, and the adventure ahead of you is the journey to fulfill your own purpose and potential.
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I think my first big heartbreak made me more compassionate about other people's heartaches. It enabled me to feel more for others when they are in moments of pain.
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Voting for [Donald] Trump Is Voting Against Ourselves.
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