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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.

Kerry Washington

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Kerry Washington
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: January 31
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I don't gravitate toward any one designer because I think of fashion as the costume of the everyday woman.
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Voting for [Donald] Trump Is Voting Against Ourselves.
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