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I have to take some time to dream some new dreams. I feel like there's a treasure hunt in front of me. A treasure hunt that is speckled with and seeded by a deep-rooted wild freedom.

Tracee Ellis Ross

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Tracee Ellis Ross
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: October 29
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Model
Television Actor
LA
California
Tracee Joy Silberstein
Tracy Ellis Ross
Take
Rooted
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Treasure
Time
Wild
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Dreams
Deep
Seeded
Freedom
Speckled
Dream
Hunt

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