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“I absolutely dreaded the idea, but my dad had always been a huge advocate of all of us kids being active in some form or another. So it didn't really come out of nowhere when he said, 'You need to join the cross-country team.'”
“Being in a mixed relationship with someone that has never dated anybody of color before and sharing that experience, I would never shy away from opportunities like that.”
“I don't think tearing somebody down is a good idea, but I think you can say 'Hey, what you're doing here is wrong.'”
“Well, I want my kids to have a sense of spirituality. That's what I was raised with, and something I fall back on.”
“Bachelor' viewers are clever.”
“I've always been really confident in my features. I love how big my eyes are, and I love my nose, I love what God's given me, and that's the way that my mom raised me to be.”
“I feel like a lot of people make it very difficult for people to be their true, authentic self.”
“I was never someone who was able to afford all of this skin care. You jump on some of the trends because you expect them to work, and when they don't, it's really disappointing.”
“I have an issue with trust.”
“Hearing people yelling 'Black Lives Matter,' it hit me more than I realized, just because those are people in my backyard that I've been trying to prove for so long that I'm the same as them.”
“I do believe everything happens when it's supposed to and so I'm leaving the doors open for that.”
“I'm the last one to throw around engagement or marriage.”
“My 'Bachelorette' experience was 10 times better than Rachel's because she was the first Black Bachelorette.”
“I feel like what I've taken away from my previous experiences, is just really leaning into it.”
“I don't have all the answers. I'm learning just like everybody else.”
“Since moving to New York City, I've become such an indoor slippers girl.”
“I feel like I learned so much about myself in my own journey.”
“We're always looking for something to kind of fill us up and speak to our higher purpose and make us feel good.”
“I will buy literally anything, even if I have 10 black turtlenecks - one more never hurts.”
“Love wins.”