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I grew up in a family where we weren't allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance.

Pam Grier

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Pam Grier
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 26
Actor
Actress
Aikidoka
Film Actor
Karateka
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Pamela Suzette Grier
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I'm an Air force Brat and I've lived all over the world and this country and there were people in my community who were gay - nurses, hairdressers, designers - people who just had a different way about themselves.
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I've never considered myself to be beautiful, and I still don't.
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Me, sexy? I'm just plain ol' beans and rice.
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That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin It's by my character.
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