If a train is coming at you, closing your eyes won't save you ... but if you look right at it, you at least have a chance to jump.

he knew in his body, even if he hadn’t yet put it together in his mind, that in America the worst thing you could be was a black man. Worse than dead, you were a dead man walking.

It's easy to get wrapped up in sharing everyday life with a partner. It's fun to get lost in love and romance. It's the best. But holding on to yourself while doing that is the most important thing.

But actors at a certain point take the best of what's available to them.

My religion teaches me to love all equally.

Somehow we are going to have to develop a concept of enough for those at the top and at the bottom so that the necessities of the many are not sacrificed for the luxuries of the few.

We have destroyed 80 percent of the statues. There is only small amount left and we will destroy that soon.

When investing, I'm not against risk. If you take no risk you must expect a low return. Just don't let anyone fool you into thinking you can get a high return with low risk.

Dear youths, I warn you cherish peace divine, And in your hearts lay deep these words of mine.

Life is full of all sorts of people. You just need to know which hands to shake, which hands to hold and which hands to let go.

I'm still that little girl who lisped and sat in the back of the car and threw vegetables at the back of her head when we drove home from the market. That never goes.