I still have certain goals that I want. Grammies... Other awards... an Oscar one day.

I'm convinced that we Black women possess a special indestructible strength that allows us to not only get down, but to get up, to get through, and to get over.

People do see me as sweet and innocent. Not to say that I am not those things. But I have other sides to me.

Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.

I don't believe in luck. ... It's persistence, hard work, and not forgetting your dream.

I can be happy with who I am, not what I should be, or what I might have been, or what someone tells me I must be.

Believe in yourself. Have faith in yourself because no one else is going to.

It has taken me most of my adult life to come to terms with who I am. To do that, I had to break free of attitudes that brought me down.

In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.

The greatest achievement to any human being is to love God, yourself, and others.

Every body type is different - that's what makes you unique. What makes you special is you, and you are different from the next person.

I think it's really important to live in the moment.

In the midst of every crisis, lies great opportunity.

Fighting is pure chaos, and to be a good fighter you simply have to be prepared mentally and physically to handle that chaos.

There is nothing more common than to find considerations of supply affecting the strategic lines of a campaign and a war.

Cunning pays no regard to virtue, and is but the low mimic of reason.

My heart beats as much as I can breathe.

Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'.

My Grandmother wouldn't even speak the word Democrat if there were children in the room, she'd say Bastards instead.

The real future of America, the best future for ourselves and our children, is to go back in the direction of limited government restrained by the Constitution.

At the end of the '90s and into 2000, electronic music was still an underground phenomenon, especially in America.