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I just look at women sometimes and I just want to ask them, Do you know how fabulous you are?
Viola Davis
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Viola Davis
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: August 11
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I am the mother of a 6-year-old now, so that's changed my entire perspective.
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Self-deprecation is not an answer to keeping one's balance. I think that it's very damaging.
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