Even when I was a teen model, I didn't think it was fair that I had to enter the acting world to get insurance.

Never dull your shine for somebody else.

Don't chase the money... chase the passion. Because that's what is going to keep you happy and motivated and jumping out of that bed Monday morning.

I haven't seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven't seen anything. I don't really care.

Love every part of yourself. Even the things that frustrate you. They make you who you are!

Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?

Stop saying these negative things about yourself. Look in the mirror and find something about yourself that's positive and celebrate that!

There is 3 key things for good photography: the camera,lighting and... Photoshop

I love the confidence that makeup gives me.

Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself.

You can have all the potential in world, but unless you have confidence, you have nothing.

There are many more books to read, when will I finish reading?

I shall live here in the rains, There in winter, Elsewhere in summer, " muses the fool, Not aware of the nearness of death.

When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And it was very controversial to be involved with that.

The blues he sends to meet me, won't defeat me. It won't be long til happiness steps up to greet me.

I'm lucky. I think it's good that I have a body of work that addresses different things in different ways.

No one but a woman can help a man when he is in trouble of the heart.

Nothing lasts forever, and no one can predict what will happen to me in the near or distant future.

I would not have gone into Iraq.

Achieve order within yourself...an inward tranquility which knows no disturbance at any moment...in the daily life of the home and the office.

We must not be so concerned with the unborn that we fail to pay attention to the born.