K.Michelle Quotes

The beauty of my job is that I get to see more of that America. And that feeds me.

Slowly but surely, we're beginning to turn the tide on childhood obesity in America. Together, we are inspiring leaders from every sector to take ownership of this issue.

One of those lies is that all we need to do is elect more Democrats. No. That actually isn't going to get us to the Promised Land.

If you grew up in a lower-income community, or less well-off, the belief is that the way to change that circumstance is through education.

The way I survived growing up in Jersey City was by being funny. It wasn't by being tough. Nobody thought of me as a tough kid, except for the kids I beat up.

And what has been just completely heart warming is to see that people are really hungry for something different.

I'm driving my old car until I'm on a first name basis with the low tow truck drivers!

Another suggestion is to cook a meal, maybe not every night, but a couple more times a week than you usually do. That way you have leftovers, and you take your lunch to work.

I think empathy is a beautiful thing. I think that's the power of film though. We have one of the most powerful, one of the greatest communicative tools known to man.

I never thought I'd be on Sesame Street with Elmo and Big Bird. I'm still thrilled. I'm on a high.

Because whatever I feel inside, it has a place to go. It just saves me over and over and over again.

The way I deliver it is meant to be fun. Does it hurt sometimes? Yes, but it is meant to be funny not offensive.

Style helps distinguish you . . . It's a great potential opportunity that people tend to leave by the wayside

I'm from New York, I make kind of somewhat maybe lewd, at times - maybe some would say dirty - jokes. But in jest.

Even though I don't feel I need approval, it's still important to me to give a good performance. I'm hard on myself.

No matter how you rearrange President Obama's inner circle, it still looks, smells and tastes like a rotten Chicago deep-dish pizza.

We are all constantly transmitting information to the people around us, and the messages we choose to communicate either create success or hold us all hold back.

There is no greater prediction in the research of our levels of happiness than the breadth and depth of our relationships.

I say really stupid things sometimes. When I go back and watch some of my old interviews from when I was younger, I just cringe.

I love that we can trust Barack to do what he says he's going to do, even when it's hard - especially when it's hard.

Sometimes, the biggest secrets you can only tell a stranger.

To surrender is not giving up the struggle, but finding peace within the struggle.

To be a writer you have to write -- and no academic degree is going to do the writing for you.

The best part of making the movies... learning from the pros themselves.

I come from a very working-class background, so my family would have been downstairs in the past, as opposed to upstairs. People are often quite surprised to hear that, that I'm not actually posh.

I don't really remember a time younger than 5 years old that I didn't have skates on because all I can remember is every day, tying up my skates and a big smile on my face, excited to go on the ice.

I'm not really interested in sports psychology. It makes me feel like a crazy person.

America is just downright mean.

there is nothing to fear but fear itself yet even then fear shouldn't be feared because fear cannot take what is protected by change

I've come to learn that the choices I labor over and go back and forth about and ask a million people for their opinions and make lists about those are always the wrong choices.

In television, women can really run anything. It can be a comedy, it can be a drama, it can be genre, it can be anything. But in films, women are still getting to the top

Having been a head of state gives you the possibility of getting into places others can't go.

You all want to know what is my dream? Very simple. To walk along the beach, holding the hand of my lover.

There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence. No leader can claim: this is not happening in my backyard.

You need to keep your creative juices flowing and keep [your] character interesting.

For me, relationships are the real action movies. Bombs are exploding every day and the kitchen is Ground Zero.

In artillery exercises, women always win because they're more accurate.

I have a pirate fetish-I just always thought eye patches were sexy. If you want to get my attention, wear a pirate outfit.

Pears are my favorite fruit! Reminds me of childhood.

Really, how bad is eating a piece of cake? Being bad is murdering someone. That's bad. Don't do that.

Prison guard unions have become the powerful political forces in some states, particularly California.

Our bodies are machines and have to be functional, and to do that they have to be fed properly.

So we know that it's not enough for us to simply encourage more people to study abroad. We also need to make sure that they can actually afford it.

Eventually my goal is get a place in Ojai where I can have animals and a big garden. Just drink wine all day and hang in my garden.

I try never to say no when it comes to creativity, but I do try and lead down an "appropriate road" - like not on furniture or the walls.

A massive new penal system has emerged in the past few decades - a penal system unprecedented in world history. It is a system driven almost entirely by race and class.

I started acting as a child in Community Theatre but I didn't do any serious stuff. It was all musicals like 'Annie' and 'Wizard of Oz.' I was always in the chorus.

You work hard for what you want in life.

I learn a lot; what I learn cannot be expressed in words.

I had dance training from a very young age, 3 or 4... It taught me how to present myself, about preparation and working in an ensemble, and its something that carries with me to this day.