I didn't want people to think I'm just in the movies, where you make money and wait around for 13 hours before you get to do 20 minutes of work.

Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you're proud to live.

When fewer workers have unions, the standard of living falls for everyone and the gap between the rich and poor grows.

In its current form, globalization cannot be sustained. Democratic societies will not support it. Authoritarian leaders will fear to impose it.

I'm a working mom, not a professional athlete, but I am a runner and that's a special club.

Surround yourself with the best people and then get out of their way. Give them a chance to exceed your expectations and they usually will.

It’s amazing what you can do when you stop worrying about failing.

Clearly, the Global Economy isn't working for workers in China and Indonesia and Burma any more than it is for workers here in the United States.

Our task is not to make societies safe for globalization, but to make the global system safe for decent societies.

Henry Ford was right. A prosperous economy requires that workers be able to buy the products that they produce. This is as true in a global economy as a national one.

If I look over my life, every single step of maturing for me, every single one, has had the exact same common denominator: accepting what was true over what I wished were true.

How flat all sounds are at the seaside, flat and yet emphatic, like the sound of gunshots heard at a distance.

Once we are lost unto ourselves, everything else is lost to us.

Self-Knowledge is the Jewel of all Knowledge."-Serena Jade

Throw the computer away and don't look on the internet. That's the best thing to do.

I left my mark on 'Dark Shadows.' One day I was doing my lines perfectly from Act 3. Everyone else was doing Act 2.

I am not a wealthy woman. I wish to hell I was, but I never had a wealthy man.

Writing a book is the most terrifying thing that I've ever done. It's so much harder than writing for television because it is a completely different skill set.

My roots are African. The birds I remember, the fruits I ate, the trees I climbed, they're African.

Power is not happiness.

I had proof that I had five senses, that I knew how to get myself to function! And then I lost my childhood.