I sincerely hope that I shall always be a credit to my race and the motion picture industry.

As for those grapefruit and buttermilk diets, I'll take roast chicken and dumplings.

A woman's gifts will make room for her.

I'd rather make $700 a week playing a maid than earn $7 a day being a maid.

I did my best, and God did the rest.

The entire race is usually judged by the actions of one man or woman

The only choice permitted us is either to be servants for $7 a week or to portray them for $700 per week.

Always remember this: There are only eighteen inches between a pat on the back and a kick in the rump.

Putting a little time aside for clean fun and good humor is very necessary to relieve the tensions of our time.

I've played everything but a harp.

You can best fight any existing evil from the inside.

One woman filled with self love and self acceptance is a model more super than any cover girl.

..be able and willing to action regardless of all trauma, all the No’s, and non-supporters one could headache and pain on.

And our desire to knowEach other and desertEach other for newCenters of meaning so thatThe boundaries may reignAnd in doing so be undone.

When I really need it, talking is the best way to deal with emotional pain.

it is all ash and dry leaves and grief gone like an ocean liner.

I have trouble imagining what I could do that's beyond the practicality of what I can do.

Once we used to have to crank up our cars, now you can pop it on from inside your house. Everything has changed except how we get freedom.

You can go out and get anything you want if you work hard enough for it and believe in yourself.

Cement doesn't give as much as snow.

If you listen only to those around you, the chances of your dreams coming true are very small.