I think that even someone who got into an institution through affirmative action could prove they were qualified by what they accomplished there.

Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared.

As you discover what strength you can draw from your community in this world from which it stands apart, look outward as well as inward. Build bridges instead of walls.

I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.

Experience has taught me that you cannot value dreams according to the odds of their coming true. Their real value is in stirring within us the will to aspire.

I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.

Remember that no one succeeds alone. Never walk alone in your future paths.

Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences...our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging.

Until we reach equality in education, we can't reach equality in the larger society.

The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever.

There are no bystanders in life [...] Our humanity makes us each a part of something greater than ourselves.

None should say: 'I can trust' or 'I cannot trust' until he is a master of the option, of trusting or not trusting.

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

My philosophy is: Life is hard, but God is good. Try not to confuse the two.

I have never understood the liberal assumption that if there were justice in the world, there would be fewer rather than more prisoners.

If you have no intuitive sense of design, then call yourself an "information architect" and only use Helvetica.

I don't think that Slaughterhouse-Five was successful movie material. In fact, Vonnegut's books mostly I don't feel are movie material.

The advantage of being able to identify sin is that you can go out and do it, and enjoy it.

I have no plans to love you," said Coraline. "No matter what. You can't make me love you.

There were people who read and there were the others. Whether you were the a reader or a non-reader was soon apparent. There was no greater distinction between people.

Fun wouldn't be the right word... it was the most difficult, challenging, physical, extraordinary stretch I've ever had to make, in all those wild regards.