Don't denounce our pain as savage. What's savage is the cruel inhumanity and brutality of the police. Condemn that.

What would America be like if we loved black people as much as we loved black culture?

If you work hard, it will pay off.

My mom reminds me that all things are possible.

I wonder how many college tuitions could be paid off with the amount of money spent by Minions on advertisement.

There's so much power in allegory, to form ideas and learn lessons that you can actually take and apply to real life. I think that's why I originally really loved fantasy and reading.

It's hard to find black roles that are just whimsical and fun and colorful. And I think, in many ways, that can be just as powerful in making commentary about race through movies.

I love all kinds of art. I mean, I love sketching and acting and music.

The internet has allowed me to just be authentically myself, as opposed to having to perpetuate a certain image, and so I'm lucky that I don't have to fit into a certain box.

I think there's this great disconnect between youth culture and politics, which is a product of how our capitalist system works.

My activism does not need proof to be real. It exists in the work of my bones against weight in the morning.

There is no honor for God without honor for His people

If there is a reason, if it makes sense, if it's making you demand something in return... Trust me, its NOT love!

If you persistently knock, door will definitely be opened.

I work extremely hard to stay positive and happy. But I get sad and anxious, too, just like everyone.

I studied harmony and composition in a very spontaneous manner.

Purity is receptivity, the ability to sit and wait patiently, for as long as necessary, for the coming of the light.

It is not wise to meddle with D'Angelines in matters of love.

The FBI with their heavy influence on the judiciary system has successfully blocked me on every turn.

There is probably no pleasure equal to the pleasure of climbing a dangerous Alp; but it is a pleasure which is confined strictly to people who can find pleasure in it.

When photography was invented, people had to make room in their minds for the idea that the dead would always be visible.