I believe in the necessity for struggle by people at the bottom of any society.

I propose that there is another kind of power based not on resources, things, or attributes, but rooted in the social and cooperative relations in which people are enmeshed by virtue of group life.

I think that the question of how power can be exerted from the lower reaches has never been more important. It will ultimately determine whether another world is indeed possible.

Indeed, in US politics, 'poverty', along with 'welfare', 'unwed mothers' and 'crime', became code words for blacks.

I had no intention of becoming an academic. How could a person who was having trouble reading become an academic?

There's nothing wrong with changing your mind if you think something's right at a certain moment.

I remember my father explaining, "A capitalist system is a dog-eat-dog system."

Let me fly with the wings of love or let me drown and die in the love.

He knew that prejudice was a necessary part of the weak spirit of some men.

They praised his modesty and did not listen to him, for listening is a rare gift, and men will have their heroes.

There's no home team in tennis, no built-in fan base, so the players have to step up and do their fair share.

Love is amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.

There are no negro problems, or Polish problems, or Jewish problems, or Greek problems, or women's problems, there are HUMAN PROBLEMS”.

I love the creative outlet of designing, and I love make-up and products and feel like I find so many great products around the world that I want to recreate, so I want to do that or design.

I think it's a tragedy that our schools don't teach kids about money. I think it's a tragedy that it has to come to an emergency before we evolve.

My bottom line is that I think Ridley Scott is one of the greatest visual artists of our time and I feel very privileged that he wants to work with me, so I go with that flow.

Look on beauty, and you shall see 'tis purchased by the weight.