I really think that's the key, part of the spiritual renewal that America needs to have, the notion that we really can have confidence in a better tomorrow.

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.

We must invest in infrastructure development and rebuilding communities to create jobs.

There are a number of steps that we can take to reinvigorate and rebuild the economic and the physical infrastructure of our country and then to rebuild us, frankly, on a spiritual level.

I was the only person of color in the Senate, and my colleagues were Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms and Trent Lott.

Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible.

There are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, just permanent interests.

It's time to take the 'Men Only' sign off the White House door.

It's not impossible for a woman - a Black woman - to become President.

My parents were always philosophizing about how to bring about change. To me, people who didn't try to make the world a better place were strange.

And frankly, being a woman I think gives me a slightly different take on a lot of the issues and on a lot of the solutions to the problems we face.

Many people think that happiness comes from having more power or more money.

Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.

It is possible to imagine a person so entirely that the image resists attempts to dislodge it.

We're actually making stuff in America now. We're exporting stuff. We're inventing things.

Without a great man writing and directing for me, I realised I was a mediocre movie star at best.

I always say, or have said in the past, that ninety-nine and forty-four-hundredths of the audience does not pay any attention to the lighting, but one hundred percent is affected by it.

God does not patch up the old life, or make certain repairs on the old life; He gives a new life, through the new birth.

Everybody needs four things in life: Something to do, someone to love, someone to believe in and something to hope for.

Supergirl is such an iconic brand, and for me to be able to be the new face of it is extremely exciting.

I don't tan in New York City. I don't want to waste it on that. I'll do my own fake tan, actually. It's awesome.