I wish for myself as an adult that I cared less what people thought of me, especially people who don't know me.

I'm lucky because I have so many clashing cultural, racial things going on: black, Jewish, Irish, Portuguese, Cherokee. I can float and be part of any community I want.

Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies

Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that's beautiful.

I have six brothers and sisters. We all look totally different: blonde hair, curly hair, green eyes, dark eyes, dark skin, light skin. It's just how it is.

It's downright undignified how many blazers I've bought over the years. And will continue to buy. They immediately give shape and add authority. With the perfect blazer, anything is possible.

Fail fast. Fail often... The most talented people in the world have bad ideas. That's a good thing to learn.

I don't think any other emotion is the equivalent of laughter. So I do whatever I can to laugh all the time and to hide my pain.

I was like, 'Oh, my God, girls are so pretty and soft. No stubble burn! What am I doing with guys?' [I] haven't dipped back since, but I was very appreciative of the experience.

People don't believe this, but Hollywood really is a meritocracy.

You can never stop discovering music.

Until you take your first step, you will not be able to open the door to begin the journey toward your ultimate goal.

I feel good because I believe I have made progress in rebuilding the people's trust in their government.

It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.

A society can never be free without women’s liberation

Faith creates nothing; it simply reckons upon that which is already there.

Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.

What is the real origin of my own anger? Is it the ego defending its territory, or is it something that has its source in the desire for the well-being of all?

We don't want to push our ideas on to customers, we simply want to make what they want.

America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there.

Even though you may not understand how God works, you know he does.