Grace Quotes

I think that at some level, people recognize that growing our economy is destroying us. It's destroying us as human beings, it's destroying our planet.

I think that rebellions arise out of anger, and they're very short-lived. And a revolution has some sense of a long time frame, millions of years that we've been evolving on this planet.

God wrote His loveliest poem on the day He made the first silver poplar tree, And set it high upon a pale-gold hill For all the new enchanted earth to see.

Home may be near, Home may be far - But it is anywhere love And a few plain household treasures are.

To allow all U.S. workers to put part of their earnings into private investment accounts would definitely erode the Social Security system and cause uncertainty for new investors.

I need something to compare this to. Could I please have a microsecond?

Social Security has been effective for 70 years; prior predictions of its demise have been totally overstated.

There is a need for Social Security reform to ensure its stability, and Congress must act.

If Congress doesn't raise taxes, you cannot get a private investment account without forgoing a portion, possibly all, of your guaranteed benefit check.

The president's claim that Social Security is going broke is misleading at best. The sky is not falling, although there is no doubt that the system needs to be strengthened.

Our political leaders must be honest and forthcoming with data that will allow citizens to use facts and figures to judge for themselves what state Social Security is in.

A Congressional Budget Office report released as recent as June 2004 says the system will be able to pay full benefits until 2052, and 80 percent after that.

When you get down to it, unschooling is really just a fancy term for 'life' or 'growing up uninstitutionalized'.

It's kind of like, I love doing tons of different things. The only thing I hate is not being in ensembles.

I have seldom, if ever, seen money and gentleness go hand in hand.

When I perform on stage I become those male bullies, those dominators from my childhood. That's probably why it's so scary, because they scared me.

Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.

When you start in that [model] business the rules are imposed upon you, but when you stay in the business long enough the rules could be broken.

I'm not a rock star, I'm a soft person.

I would have rebelled against parental authority, no matter what. When I was 15, I started painting my face and making my own clothes.

I do like any kind of project that has both comedy and drama in it because in life you don't have one day where everything is funny then the next day everything is dramatic.

I came from a very strict background, and didn't hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.

As the daughter of immigrants, growing up in New York City, you are either at the table or on the menu.

I was a sinner. I knew that without a doubt. But I was not alone. And the night was the accomplice of us all.

As long as there are ways we can serve, then we have a job to do.

One day I realized, without God, nothing matters. So, I asked Him into my heart.

I see now that my faith was becoming an ally rather than an enemy because I could vent anger freely, even toward God, without fearing retribution.

A father is a reality-concealing machine, a machine for dishing up lies to kids, and that isn't even the worst of it: secretly he believes that he represents reality.

Almost half of all Latinas currently on Social Security rely exclusively on their benefit check in retirement.

Prancing around on stage is not the entire purpose of my life.

Finding the leaders of the future is a question of recognizing those people who give leadership in a crisis.

I'm not calling for a boycott on voting. But I think it should be very clear that just voting is not going to solve our problems.

If you make happy those that are near, those that are far will come.

That is a question you have to ask the Old Man of the Moon.

I'm not up for violence, just for fun.

For prayer is the language of the heart.

Hindsight, usually looked down upon, is probably as valuable as foresight, since it does include a few facts.

That heartbreaking moment when you finish an amazing book, and you are forced to return to reality.

No matter how big you are in the business, at the end of the day it's still work.

The wrong word is like a lie jammed inside the story.

I've always chosen the roles that aren't the direct lead because I like being a very poignant character in the story, rather than being seen in every single seen.

I love the spontaneity of plays and of being onstage, because that's an energy that you can't really fabricate in movies.

My mom's the one I look up to for everything. I feel like I'm a lump of clay and she's moulding me into a woman.

You manage things and lead people.

I love women, but I've never had a relationship with a woman.

Growing up in Jamaica, the Pentecostal church wasn't that fiery thing you might think. It was very British, very proper. Hymns. No dancing. Very quiet. Very fundamental.

For the most part, if you have an isolated place, it's sort of nice to have a communal vibe.

Truth is the vital breath of Beauty; Beauty the outward form of Truth.

I love writing for myself. I read them [my stories], I cry over them sometimes.

For me, the meaning of life is the next generation.