A friend said to me I'm like a walking New Yorker article. It's true! That's how I write. That's how I think.

America is White and Black and Latino and Asian. America is mixed. America is immigrants.

Citizenship to me is more than a piece of paper. Citizenship is also about character. I am an American. We're just waiting for our country to recognize it.

For Filipino Americans, it's a battle for recognition, for identity in a culture where, for the mainstream, Asians tend to fade into a monochromatic racialized 'other.'

I am not the 'illegal' you think I am, and immigration is not what you think it is.

When people call me illegal, calling me illegal says more about you than it does about me.

To be in America illegally is actually a civil offense and not a criminal one.

You have to stand for something bigger than yourself.

I have no control over what people call me. The only thing I have control over is my work, and that's really all I can be judged on.

To me, it's just that social media is allowing people to be in charge of their own narratives.

I always felt like I had the word "illegal" tattooed on my forehead.

What is the universe but a lot of wavesAnd a craving desire is a wave…

Women only wear beautiful clothes so that men will want to remove them.

And if things always stayed the same, Scarlett, what would be the reason for bothering to draw breath?

The long arm of the law slides up the outskirts of town.

I believe that God knows what each of us wants and needs. It's not necessary for us to make it to church on Sunday to reach Him. You can find Him anyplace.

Mountains draw you to a deeper place in yourself

Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.

I think the material that inspires artists is the fabric of the soul of civilization.

If you are not happy with the song, don't sing it. Simple as that - no-one forces you to do it.

The companies that get innovation right, again and again, are the ones that feel what their customers feel. That is true user-centered innovation