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Good mothers make all kinds of choices. Making a decision that might sound selfish does not make a woman a bad mother. (Jada Pinkett Smith)
Take responsibility about what you have on your TV, and about what you are out there supporting. View quote
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I don't have to go around trying to save everybody anymore; that's not my job. View quote
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We have to nurture our young women and understand the beauty and the strength of being a woman. It's kind of a catch-22: Strength in women isn't appreciated, and vulnerability in women isn't appreciated. It's like, 'What the hell do you do?' What you do is you don't allow anyone to dictate who you are. View quote
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At 3 years old, I was telling people that I was going to be a star. I never had a plan B. And I've never compromised my integrity to get what I have. View quote
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Here's the thing, men have to also mature in how they see women, too. Because they need to understand that it's not just about how we look, it's about who we are. And I am going to tell you like this, 'If you can't love me with short hair, and you telling me I got to have long hair to be loved, guess what, I ain't the one for you.' View quote
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I've always been a caretaker; I think a lot of women are. We take care of everybody else first, and very rarely do we think about ourselves. View quote
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You can be committed to somebody because of ego: 'I said I was going to be with this joker for the rest of my life, so I'm just going to do it.' Or you can be committed because you have a deeply rooted connection. View quote
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I had to get into a place for myself of thinking what I would create for myself if I didn't have to worry about making money. View quote
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For people to be able to sit down together and have a conversation, that's the power of love. View quote
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If I had my way, I'd wear jewelry, a great pair of heels and nothing else. (Jada Pinkett Smith)
I think that old school style of 'I'm your parent and I'm greater than you' doesn't work. What I establish with my children is a partnership. View quote
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Human spirit, things that aren't tangible, fascinate me, so I'm always researching mind, spirit, soul. View quote
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I'm not here to - as a parent, I believe we are specifically here to help our children mature in the way that they can take on their own lives. I'm not here to live their lives for them. That's not my job. View quote
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I've always wanted to have the ability to do what I want to do. And there are so many things that I want to do because I love acting, I love directing, I love producing, I love being a mother, I love being a wife. If I had to choose one, just would put me in the crazy house. View quote
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I met my husband, Will Smith, when I was 19 and auditioned to be his date on 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.' They said I was too short to play the part. View quote
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I never stop being a mother and I never stop being an artist. You understand? Which is probably why my kids are so creative, because it's not separated. View quote
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I'm the glue that keeps it all together. I'm the nucleus of an entertainment family. My day-to-day is making decisions to keep life above water. View quote
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I don't really cook much. I'm more of a baker. My favorite things to bake that everybody loves, and I can only keep in the house for about ten minutes, are 7-Up cake and Pineapple Upside-Down cake. View quote
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We have to understand that we should, at all times, have the right and the power to make decisions about our bodies. And that is an idea that must be taught at a young age. You can't wait until a person is 18 years old and say, 'Now you have the right'. You have to start that from the gate. View quote
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I might get some more animals or something, but I'm done with the kids. I got a boy, I got a girl, and I got an older boy. I'm straight. (Jada Pinkett Smith)
I'm not one about trying to slow things down. What I try to do is create an atmosphere for my family where we can pretty much have whatever. View quote
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What is the thing that Will could do to make me not love him? That would make me abandon him? I can't think of one. I'm sorry. Except if he did something bad to the kids - now we've got a problem. View quote
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I feel a real responsibility to my community and so right now there has been this bizarre myth in our community how our vote doesn't count. I'm trying to get out there and re-educate on how the government works and break that myth and talk about the importance of being involved. View quote
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I definitely want to make it very clear to everybody that the educational institution that we have, the school that Will and I have, is not a Scientology school. And that, you know, I know there's been, you know, a lot of buzz around that idea and that it is not my desire to, you know, teach Scientology at all. View quote
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