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- Hi everybody, I'm Sheryl Lee Ralph

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and I play Barbara Howard from

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your favorite TV show, Abbot Elementary.

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And today I am at the
Lifehacker office in NYC,

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that's New York City,
to take you to school.

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I had some wonderful parents
who were perfectly imperfect

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and they gave great advice.

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One of the best ones was,
be as nice as you can,

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to as many people as you
can, for as long as you can.

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I had one teacher who told me
that my greatest difficulty

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in life was going to be making a choice

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as to what I could do because
I could do so many things.

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I will never forget one
time I came to Hollywood

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then I realized that in one
day I was too tall, too short,

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too black, and not black enough.

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All in one day.

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And in that moment I decided,
I got to push on through.

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Every morning I need you
to get up in the morning,

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hold that mirror up,

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I need you to love it because
see if you can do that

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for yourself you can do
that for other people.

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And as an actor you'll
be able to do it more

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for the characters that you are going

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to invite into your life.

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Well that's all for today class.

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Now you be sure to check out my show

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and your favorite TV
show, Abbot Elementary.

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And stay tuned to Lifehacker

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for more tips and tricks

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on how to do everything better.

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