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I'm probably the most militant person you'll ever meet and I speak my mind without provocation sometimes.

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Octavia Spencer
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: May 25
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Montgomery
Alabama
Octavia Lenora Spencer
Octavia L. Spencer
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I gotta go home and feed my eels. They're not electric, but I have a plan.
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Where I'm from, you learned about God before you learned to read and write. Our faith is what grounds us.
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God in my mind gives you what you need. So, if you need God to be a black woman and you need that for whatever your reasons are, then perhaps your blessings will come in that form.
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I do believe that everyone has something to contribute.
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