I think I've always been a fighter in a healthy way.

I grew up feeling like the ugly duckling, and things have not changed that much.

For some reason, Hollywood seems to have painted me as a gorgeous vixen at times or the sweet girl.

I'd rather be number one on the worst-dressed list than number two on the best.

Fatty, a bearded collie-terrier mix, is the kindest, cuddliest dog. And Oliver, a white golden retriever, even looks like me! My dogs have taught me to be more loving, more nurturing, and happier.

You can't trust the internet.

I'm actually more comfortable playing the stroke victim or the girl with no makeup on, looking scruffy and it's all about what's going on inside rather than on the outside.

Our crime against criminals lies in the fact that we treat them like rascals.

Nothing is my last word on anything.

You should not be subjected to the pressures, the intimidation, whether by Government or by the private sector, which would force you into self-censorship.

Take a look at my face, I am the future.

Technically, if a girl wants to sparkle she can put on glitter but I think the correct answer would be a smile because no one pays attention to your short when you have a nice smile on your face.

If you have the athletic ability, why waste it in one sport?

He who loves his work never labors.

The essence of Christianity...is an ever-new encounter with... the God who speaks to us, who approaches us and who befriends us!

Do not let fear of failure overwhelms joy success

That I am a national figure because I was the first person in 192 years to be at once a congressman, black, and a woman proves, I would think, that our society is not yet either just or free.