Cicely L. Tyson (b.1933) is an American actress and former fashion model whose acting career has spanned more than six decades. She is best known for playing strong African-American women on screen and stage. Tyson is the recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards, four Black Reel Awards, one Screen Actor Guild Award, one Tony Award and an honorary Academy Award.
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Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They’re what make the instrument stretch — what makes you go beyond the norm.
—Cicely Tyson
Topics: Difficulties, Adversity
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