Aeriel Miranda quotes:

I admire many women that have come before me, heavy influencers such as Oprah, such as Beyoncé, and I'm witnessing the fruit of their work and experiencing their legacy now and they're not even close to the finish line.

I acknowledge my beauty and my flaws, I do my best to keep it one hundred with the woman in the mirror so making friends is actually easy.

All of my close friends have been in my life for years. My best friends are all people I met in grade school, going back as far as 3rd grade.

I love to love. However, you won't see anybody walking the red carpet with me until I'm married.

Actors don't act, we're just being in a different circumstance and scenario.

I just simply believe in having purposeful relations, period. That's what its about at the end of the day. However, I do appreciate people that are individualistic, mainly because I'm an impressionable soul and my friends become my big sisters and brothers in a way.

My friends are me and in essence better than me, they help me be better even when they don't know it...

My hero among heroes is my grandmother, she's the epitome of strength and I try to mock that strength all the time. She's a beast.

Even if it's something so simple as filling myself up with uplifting meditation so it's easier to spread kindness and love by the time I walk out my door and enter the world. I get a kick out of making a strangers day.

The difference lies in the intention behind wanting money. Your reasons for why you want to create more money is typically why you're ambitious to get it. You're either genuinely ambitious or selfishly hungry.

My sister is 4 years older than me and I've always looked up to her, she was the girl I always wanted to be.

I come from a huge family and out of all 34 of my immediate family members, my heavier influences were women. Between my grandmothers, aunts, older female cousins, and of course my mother, I was pretty much predominantly raised by women, as they make up most of my family anyway.

Money is important yes, but not the most important. I don't need money to smile or breathe. I would still be breathing if all my money disappeared tomorrow.

My friends are a crayola box. They highlight different colors of my being, representing different aspects of my personalty, I've noticed.

I think friends are an extension of you and I always say, check out a persons five immediate friends and you'll know everything about them.

I feel blessed to have had the accumulation of life experiences that I've had, life experience just adds to the depths of a persons richness, as with acting!

I soak up personalities and energy. I can identify with anything because truthfully everything that makes up the world is characterized in some way in my family I feel, so my empathy is strong for mankind in general.

I have a unique ability to mock everything. I'm a sponge by nature, thats what my environment made me.

I surround myself with strong willed, courageous personalities, because I've got to be coached by the best.

Everyone has a different route to success, recognition, and peace. Don't be afraid to move instinctually.

I do everything I can on a daily basis just so I can have something to give back to the world.

I refuse to accept the idea that money is evil. People make things evil and negative. Some people love what money can do and therefore would do anything to get it, they love the power, they chase it, while others understand what money can do, therefore they do what's in their hearts, they understand the influence and attract it.

Life would continue to exist and grow. Cause and effect still exist even where there is no time.

My ability to adapt has always stood out. I've been immersed in many worlds and have had the influence of many things in my upbringing so I'm familiar with so many styles of living, so many characters, so many life paths and its just easy to simulate for me.

I'm reminded everyday that I was born to do great things, I believe that and when it's my time I shall.

I'm pretty grounded in a lifestyle which disciplines me and gives me a sense of familiarity and comfort.

I didn't truly understand the depth of my roots until I was old enough to wonder and care.

I think it's really important to teach our children about their lineage and it especially makes a difference if you share that information while they're young.

My family has always had Cape Verdean pride but I don't think it was something the kids in the family necessarily understood. However, I was very conscious of the fact that both sides of my family were drastically different and my aunts, cousins, and uncles varied in different shades of brown.

Most people have no idea what Cabo Verde is or even where it is to mention, so I definitely want to make people aware of this beautiful culture.

It's always funny to me when people meet me. They really think I'm from the East coast off top. When they get to talkin' to me, they go "Oh no, she's sooooo Southern"

I always say that you are who you are and you can't hide it.

I was born and raised in Dallas, Texas and seasonally lived in New Orleans and Boston. Given that this was all at a tender age, I imagine I was very impressionable. I was a kid that was always moving, city to city, school to school. I adapted easily wherever I was, I knew how to blend.

I know when to go and when to stop. I'm the red, the yellow, and the green light. That's me in a nutshell.

When the passion isn't there, the drive isn't there and it just doesn't last for me.

I'm just vibrant. I try to bring that to everything I do.

I was drawn into acting due to the fact that I could express myself better. I could use my voice - my entire body - not just my looks, height, and physical expressions.

The telling of a good story, especially one that is real and true, is always exciting.

Super-stardom doesn't scare or excite me. It's just another ingredient added to my world.

As for super-stardom, I can say that I'm ready for anything. I feel like I've mastered so many stages in my life and the cool thing is, I don't see that energy changing anything.

I think the world should be represented on television and for the longest its been limited. Ethnic stories specifically need variety in content period...

There's very few shows that truly reflect specific ethnic experiences, and when they come and come right, they're a hit.

It feels good to watch TV and know that you're being represented on somebody's network and for certain communities, it feels even better to know that you're being depicted truthfully.

It feels good to turn on the TV and have options, a variety. That's why television is so good.

I think it's a beautiful thing how Hip Hop is received by the world.

All music now is influenced by Hip Hop. It's so deeply ingrained in the culture.

I acknowledge that we are all human and are on a journey. We are not born perfect, mistakes are inevitable.

Honestly, being a part of any worthy life story is a goal of mine.

I've always been an actress, entertaining my family was the start. I'm a goof ball among many of my cousins and siblings.

I don't admire how much a person has, I admire what a person does with what they have and I think that defines you most.

People automatically assume and expect that every moment and every bit of personal data should be broadcasted on social media, especially as it relates to them - and thats just not cuttin' it for me. If you can make it through the age of social media and come out with the same friends and lover, kudos!

I think I unknowingly seek people who are better than me in the sense of strength and wisdom. It's like I've got to know and trust that you have the answers and that you can carry me if needed.

All of my friends are independent in thought, that's important.

People want everything quick and now. We live in the age of social media and hyper digital. Tweets are published in less than a second, Safari pages load in less than three seconds.

Social media is driving the culture, it drives peoples minds literally.

You're sort of forced to include this aspect of culture into your life whether it be for social reasons or business purposes.

You're not surviving if you're not on social media, period.

You're living in a matrix that's driven by social media. It's become glorified. You're suppose to be what you portray on social media, thats the perception.

Your life and everything about your world should be represented on your social media accounts, and everybody feels that way from family to friends to boyfriends and girlfriends.

You just have to be careful because social media can begin to affect personal things such as relationships, just to pin point. People have become so entitled as it relates to social media.

If you're not broadcasting what people feel is their truth as it relates to you, well that becomes a problem. If your not broadcasting how much you love your boyfriend or husband via social media, problems occur in the home and I really think this is happening more than we acknowledge.

I've had friends get mad at me for not posting what they think I should post on Instagram on behalf of them or our relation. I've had people question my "integrity" based off of something I didn't post on social media, the list goes on. It's mind boggling.