I don't like a lot of social programs either because it makes you non-productive.

I'm against abortion.

I loved Clinton; not as a Democrat, but as a person.

Speaking as a black person, welfare is the worst thing that's ever happened to us.

I took Bobby Kennedy through the delta and he cried like a baby.

We need to take responsibility and educate people. That's why black folks don't like me. I always say it's our responsibility to make safe neighborhoods. It's our job to get them cleaned up.

I believe welfare makes you lazy and unproductive.

Welfare makes you dependent upon someone to take care of you.

This is a racist country.

I'd rather be dead and in heaven than afraid to do what I think is right.

I love the life I live. The Lord blessed me to be independent. I am independent.

I closed my eyes and immediately I pictured Brooklyn’s full lips parted on a moan, her eyes glassy and her pupils dilated, her cheeks flushed and her body…her smoking body bared only for me.

Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object

Love is bigger than any tidal wave or fear.

An equation is a prophecy that always comes true.

I've been able to go on and have a successful career on Broadway and certainly the last five years in Las Vegas have been amazing.

What is any achievement, however great it was, once time itself is dead?

I've worked with a lot of first-time directors who kind of look to me for ideas and opinions and stuff, and I'm a team player.

I'm a really hectic dreamer, I never wake up not out of a dream and there's loads going on, lots of action, big blockbuster dreams, they're all major enterprises.

The number of vacations me and my husband have canceled... if you really want a job, book a non-refundable vacation. But obviously we're blessed too.

If one is not going to take the necessary precautions to avoid having parents, one must undertake to bring them up.