Zendaya Quotes

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Zendaya

Profession : Actress

Birth : September 1, 1996

Top knots are the easiest thing to create.

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I'm excited to be a part of the new direction the Barbie brand is headed, specifically how they are celebrating diversity in the line and encouraging kids to raise their voices.

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Oakland kids are always the best.

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As a kid, my main interest was dancing. When I was 8 years old, I was in a hip-hop troupe.

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My room used to be full of Michael Jackson posters.

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As I've gotten older, I've realized my true models are my parents. My mom is like a sheroe. My dad is so strong.

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My generation, we really have to step up to the plate and vote. Tweeting is great - people say, 'Oh, I don't want this or that' - but at the end of the day, tweeting isn't a ballot. Just saying that you don't like someone on Twitter is not going to turn a state blue or red. You have to vote.

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I want to make affordable shoes of quality that are very fashion forward, chic, and that I'm going to wear.

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I feel that if you shelter your kids from everything, one day they are going to be out in the world on their own, and they are going to have to figure it out. You can't give them a test if you never taught them anything that's on the test. They're going to fail.

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My mom actually taught fifth grade, so... I'm good with fifth graders. That's, like, my specialty.

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I definitely enjoy working with people who can do their thing but also allow me to do my thing, you know? Who respect the process.

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I wore a mullet to the Grammys! I have no fear.

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I can't do chapped lips. If your lips are jacked up, Aquaphor is always a good go-to.

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When I was younger, I went through a phase when I didn't like my hair. Because the school I went to was primarily Caucasian, there wasn't anyone who had my hair texture. I remember one day I straightened my hair, and that was the first day that people gave me compliments on it.

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I've never had a body issue; I've never had a self-confidence issue, and there's been very few times in my life where I've felt down about the way I look or the way I feel.

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You'd be surprised how self-conscious a lot of women are. That's something I've witnessed firsthand.

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There's no such thing as trends. There's no such thing as style, even. It's just whatever you feel.

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As you grow older, your music begins to mature and grow older along with you.

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I'm not good at a lot of things. I am not good at keeping my room clean. I am not good at eating healthy. I am not good at sports anymore. I used to be! Not so much anymore.

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Some things are really sacred and important to other cultures, so you have to be aware, politically, about those things before you just adopt them.

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