• I realized that beauty was not a thing that I could acquire or consume, it was something that I just had to be.

    Lupita Nyong'o: I realized that beauty was not a thing that I could acquire or consume, it was something that I just had to be.
    "Lupita Nyong’o’s speech on ‘black beauty’ underscores her significance in Hollywood" by Bethonie Butler, www.washingtonpost.com. March 1, 2014.