I grew up in a dictatorship in East Africa.

Political campaigns are the graveyard of real ideas and the birthplace of empty promises.

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

When you're threatened, or something hard hits you, acknowledge it, embrace it. Don't pretend that you didn't get hurt - hurt, cry, think about it. And then you let it go and try something else.

If you want to be loved by everyone, don't go into politics.

I hope it will come as no surprise that I have something to say.

I mention my age because I find people in this country - women, not men, of course - women are so troubled by their age. There's a culture of youth, and it's a phony culture.

There is a value in taking a stand whether or not anybody may be noticing it, and whether or not it is a risky thing to do.

John will never send a boy or girl in a uniform anywhere in the world because of our need and greed for oil.

As a young woman, I attended Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, South Africa, which was then not segregated. But I witnessed the weight of Apartheid everywhere around me.

You can call me Mama T anytime.

What are you doing for others is the ultimate end of true leadership.

I’ve supped on potatoes and groats and am waiting to be sick. How about you?I supped like the Lord in Heaven.’and what does the Lord in Heaven have for supper?’Nothing.

Don't ever apologize for us.

Education prepares to be one piece of a machine.

You might as well expect rivers to run backwards as any man born free to be contented penned up.

It's liberating to live at home during the week, but on the weekend it's like, Jesus Christ, how much History Channel can one human being watch?

The trees called to me, urging me to abandon what I knew and vanish into the oncoming night. It was a desire that had been tugging me with disconcerting frequency these days.

- How is he in bed? Gladiator or poet? - Hmmm... A poetic gladiator.

... man cannot help but transcend himself as soon as he begins to design and construct.

Can I start by asking why your drawings abnormally suck?