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Keshia Knight Pulliam Quotes

I love watching the National Geographic channel. That show ‘Taboo’? I love it!

– Keshia Knight Pulliam

I would love to be remembered as a wonderfully dynamic and multitalented actress who left a legacy through her work and through her life of helping people and of being a positive force in the world.

– Keshia Knight Pulliam

On my body, I use Kai body butter. It smells really nice and it’s fresh and creamy. When it’s really cold out, I go with some good ol’ Nivea cream.

– Keshia Knight Pulliam

Girls will go out and spend $200 or $300 dollars on a pair of shoes, but you should also be taking care of your skin. That’s the first thing people see. I think it’s an investment. It’s a lot cheaper to use really great products now, rather than trying to fix problematic skin later on in life. That’s always been my motto.

– Keshia Knight Pulliam

My mom didn’t believe in putting chemicals in hair. But when I got to college, we didn’t have A/C in our dorms freshman year. So after several days of waking up looking like a Chia Pet, I was like ‘OK, I’m gonna get a perm.’ And then my hair revolted and fell out. I was over that quick, fast and in a hurry.

– Keshia Knight Pulliam

I’ve never gone to culinary school, but I do love cooking.

– Keshia Knight Pulliam

I’d rather laugh – not fuss and fight. You can articulate your point without arguing. When you’re arguing constantly, you just need to say, ‘You’re real cool, but you’re not for me.’

– Keshia Knight Pulliam

To me, it’s about good work, a good story, and tastefully done. There’s so many stigmas – oh, you’re on the small screen or you do films or you do reality. It’s about the project and not the medium on which it’s delivered. It’s the story you tell, period.

– Keshia Knight Pulliam

I definitely try to live my life in a very fearless manner, but there are no other sports that you jump from a three-story building and land on your hands! Diving is a lot like life. You just have to trust in what you know and allow it to happen.

– Keshia Knight Pulliam

‘Paper Planes’ by M.I.A. is very catchy. I like that, but I listen to everything from rap to Lenny Kravitz to Coldplay, depending on my mood. And my favorite song of all time is ‘Always and Forever’ by Heatwave.

– Keshia Knight Pulliam

No matter what your hair looks like once it’s wet, it’s about embracing it and loving yourself for you and all that that entails.

– Keshia Knight Pulliam

Once you know the fundamentals of cooking, then you don’t need to follow a recipe – you just know what herbs go well or what meats, or what combination of what goes together, and then you can just branch out from there. But if there’s something specific that I want to make, I work on the recipe and tweak it to my own.

– Keshia Knight Pulliam

I like the joy when you feed people and they’re happy and full and enjoying themselves.

– Keshia Knight Pulliam

My parents and my family really tried to maintain as much of a normal environment as possible. When I went home, it wasn’t Keshia Knight Pulliam the actress, the glitz, the glamour. It was Keshia the daughter. Oldest of four children, who washed the dishes and did everything she was supposed to do.

– Keshia Knight Pulliam

I’m single, and I hate dating.

– Keshia Knight Pulliam

‘The Cosby Show’ – no one thought there’s doctors and lawyers who are married and live in brownstones! Back then no one would have thought we would have an African-American president. They would have laughed in your face.

– Keshia Knight Pulliam

A fabulous pair of shoes? I have to have willpower.

– Keshia Knight Pulliam

If Janet Jackson does the story of her life and I’m still young enough, I am there. No one can pull her off like I can. I have a dance background. I’m definitely not cutting an album anytime soon, but I can lip-synch all day. I can’t sing, but I can act like it very well.

– Keshia Knight Pulliam

I think Mr. Cosby has always been very much an activist and a big proponent of African-American pride. That’s how ‘The Cosby Show’ came about. I think in his older years, he has gotten a lot more direct and vocal about it. But I think he only wants the best for all of us.

– Keshia Knight Pulliam

I would definitely be interested in doing a cooking show or something related to cooking, and I think probably most immediately, I would do a cookbook.

– Keshia Knight Pulliam

I don’t understand anorexia; I’m too greedy to ever not eat… I just can’t do it.

– Keshia Knight Pulliam

Honestly, I just try to live right, get enough sleep, and drink a lot of water. I do drink a lot of water; I do live by that. And just eating good clean food… I do love all of it. But I do definitely try to eat better organic food.

– Keshia Knight Pulliam

Everyone has their own different life experiences which make them who they are. No two people’s life experiences are the same. And mine are just unique to me.

– Keshia Knight Pulliam

What people forget is that I’m an actress. That’s the wonderful thing about what I do. I get to play different roles.

– Keshia Knight Pulliam

I don’t know if there is a ‘lack’ of good black men. But when you haven’t taken the time to get to know yourself, be OK with you, and articulate what it is you want in a relationship, then you can’t possibly find that person for you because you don’t even know what you’re looking for.

– Keshia Knight Pulliam

The funny thing is, people only know me for having straight hair for work, but I live in Atlanta where it’s hot and humid in the summertime. So when I’m home, I wear my hair natural. My hair is naturally curly; I don’t have a relaxer.

– Keshia Knight Pulliam