Colorblind racism is the new racial music most people dance to, the 'new racism' is subtle, institutionalized and seemingly nonracial.

Never mourn the loss of innocence, because it always brings the much greater gain of wisdom.

Only passions, and great passions, can raise the soul to great things. Without them there is no sublimity, either in morals or in creativity. Art returns to infancy, and virtue becomes small-minded.

The kids today all seem to think they should be stars, but I wasn't brought up that way.

You can still achieve certain things through effort, struggle, determination, and sheer hard work or cunning. But there is no joy in such endeavor, and it invariably ends in some form of suffering.

Your inner being already knows. It's trying to communicate with you. But it needs to shift you into a different state of mind.

I want to be president because I have the sensitivity, as a woman, to listen. I'm a different candidate... different because I don't belong to powerful, privileged groups, because I'm honest.

To be a great artist, you have to be willing to take risks and to do things that no one would ever pay you for - at first.

I wanted to be a ballerina. I studied ballet for 19 years.

There's a hysterical, tired sense of humor that comes after working 14 hours a day, six days a week. I like those things because they take the pressure off the constant stress

I don't ask myself what did I live for, said Carlene strongly. That is a man's question. I ask whom did I live for.