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Joy Bryant (born October 18, 1974) is an American actress and former fashion model, who is best known for starring as Jasmine Trussell in the NBC family drama Parenthood.

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I love flowy hippie dresses.

Dresses, Flowy, Hippie, Love

We live in a country [USA] where the belief is that anyone can succeed, but for so many here, and for the majority of the world, that's not the case. In many parts of the world, women and poor people are at a huge disadvantage - certain rights and protections don't exist, and they don't have the chance of upward mobility.

Case, Country, Huge, Parts, Rights, Usa

I never wanted to be the person who said, "I woulda, coulda, shoulda. " Life is way too short, and you may not last that long.

Long, May, Short, Shoulda, Way, Woulda

Following your own vision is one of the only things that will sustain you.

Following, Sustain, Things, Vision

My husband's a stunt man, and he dragged me to stunt driving school with him because I hate driving and he felt that it would help to make me feel more comfortable. And it did in certain ways, and in certain ways I'm still not.

Certain, Dragged, Hate, Husband, School

Acknowledgement: Understanding and compassion for others and their suffering is the next step. Put yourself in the shoes of people who don't have the luxury of being wasteful.

Compassion, Luxury, Shoes, Step, Understanding

Mindfulness of the resources we have and respect for where we live, eat, and sleep is a good starting point. Being conscious of your consumption, what goes in and out, will help cut down on wastefulness.

Cutting, Mindfulness, Point, Respect, Sleep, Starting

In the mid-nineties, diversity in the fashion
beauty business was hard to come by.

Business, Diversity, Fashion, Hard

With all this talk of Going Green, Buying Green, Living Green, and Green being the new whatever, I've come to realize that, although we had no green, my grandmother was actually the 'greenest' person I've ever known.

Actually, Buying, Grandmother, Green, Living

You have to move to your own beat.

Beat, Beats, Move, Moving

Sometimes, we are dealing with our own troubles and feel that we don't have the resources to help one another. Or simply, we just don't know what to do.

Dealing, Helping, Know, Resources, Sometimes, Trouble

It feels good to know you contributed positively to another's life, to their happiness, to their survival. It gives us a sense of purpose.

Feel Good, Giving, Good, Life, Positively, Survival

I kind of do high-low style a lot.

Kind, Lows, Style

I grew up in the South Bronx, raised by my grandmother, who scrapped and scraped to make sure I had a roof over my head and food in my stomach. I was painfully aware of what it was like to live with limited resources and a certain level of uncertainty.

Bronx, Grandmother, Grew, Levels, Limited Resources, Roof

My grandmother instilled in me two important lessons: I was just as good as anyone else, and education was my salvation. Fortunately, I was able to get scholarships to excellent schools, but I was one of the lucky ones. All of this is what draws me to anti-poverty organizations like Oxfam.

School, Grandmother, Organization, Schools, Lucky, Draws

You have to move to your own beat. There will be times when no one believes in you or understands what you're doing and why you are doing it. The most important thing is for you to believe in you. Following your own vision is one of the only things that will sustain you.

Believe, Moving, Sustain, Thing, Vision

Women are the harshest critics of other women.

Critics, Harshest, Women

I've always said that if anything - whether it was film or television - was something I responded to, then I was open to it.

Film, Said, Television

I don't have children of my own so I can't say I know the plight of being a parent, but I can kinda understand some of the complexities of it.

Children, Kinda, Know, Parent, Plight

When I was younger, I was one of the few girls in the neighborhood who could break dance. That's kind of my local, ghetto-celebrity claim to fame.

Dance, Ghetto, Girl, Girls, Kind, Younger

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