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I was watching the Nina Simone documentary alone in my room, and I said out loud to myself, 'Why do we not know that this woman is beauty? She is beauty! Why did no one tell me this growing up? Why was her name not next to 'beauty' in the dictionary?'
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"I was watching the Nina Simone documentary alone in my room, and I said out loud to myself, 'Why do we not know that this woman is beauty? She is beauty! Why did no one tell me this growing up? Why was her name not next to 'beauty' in the dictionary?'"
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I was watching the Nina Simone documentary alone in my room, and I said out loud to myself, 'Why do we not know that this woman is beauty? She is beauty! Why did no one tell me this growing up? Why was her name not next to 'beauty' in the dictionary?' — Tracee Ellis Ross

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Tracee Ellis Ross was a Actress from United States (1972–2008).

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Who said "I was watching the Nina Simone documentary alone in my room, and I said out lou…"?
This quote is attributed to Tracee Ellis Ross, a Actress from United States.
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Tracee Ellis Ross lived from 1972 – 2008.