America has this understanding of Africans that plays like National Geographic: a bunch of Negroes with loincloths running around the plain fields of Africa chasing gazelles.

Until you are somewhat comfortable and confident and embrace who you are, as a person, you can't possibly love somebody else because you don't like yourself that much.

The gym can serve as an excellent place where kids and young men and women can really empty their issues right on the floor.

I was just a very torn child, very wounded in so many areas, with no family support. I happened to the be the fifth child of my family. So everybody was already grown and had left home already.

I always hope for the better for the continent and what I know comes from Africa. Living in the West we feel like we're so removed from the continent that we can somewhat shut off.

I am happy, and I have many reasons to be extra-happy nowadays. Life is calm, and the career is good and taking its course. And things are moving, things are moving ahead.

I hope more people will ask diamond companies to continue changing the way they do business in Africa.

If anything, Calvin Klein is the iconic company in terms of fashion. They do have iconic images for their campaigns.

Funny enough, every role that I have had, I try to tone down my accent or speak with better diction.

Lawyers were notorious for finding cases in the most unlikely places, especially ones with huge potential damagers awards.

You can achieve the goal with courage, confidence and commitment.

Because of language, the thoughts we record today might reach into the future to influence the thinking of people not yet born.

Utterance is the evidence of foregone study.

My African roots made me what I am today. They're the reason I exist at all.

If I look back after 10 weeks and say I really want to stay then maybe I can make that happen. If I say OK it was good, but I’m ready to go then I can go, but for now I’m taking it week by week.

Truth is treason in the empire of lies.

He believed nothing he was told and trusted no one.

I'm always the last person they go to with a sequel, because I'm the most skeptical. You know, I'm very proud of what we've done, and I don't want to screw up our series.

When you ask people what affects their wellbeing most, they think of health and wealth.