Let's make progress justice a process, not an afterthought

Your uniqueness is your greatest strength, not how well you emulate others.

The true cost of following your dreams isn't what you sacrifice when you chase them, it's what you lose when you don't

People who are driven by their values will overcome hurdles, difficulties, and obstacles in ways that people driven only by profit will never be able to

I met a woman who told me she wasn't attracted to Asians. No worries, I said. I'm not attracted to racists.

People who are driven by love will overcome hardships and hurdles in ways that people who are only driven by profit never can.

Why does a government agency that has no connection with my community have the right to dictate what is appropriate for it?

Racism doesn't have to fit our stereotypes for what it is in order for it to hurt - but it also means that tools for dismantling the system don't have it fit our stereotype either.

I say this thing about how I've never had to say my head is bloodied but not bowed, like everybody who came before me had to say. And that tells me that I can do a lot more than I think I can.

The reason I spend thousands of lifetime hours creating something 99 percent of which no one else is likely to ever read is that writing itself is the gift.

We should clap or something." Curran said. "She's trying so hard.

I always just wanted to be a movie actress, like Lily Tomlin or Ruth Gordon. I just imagined myself being in a movie, wearing stylish women's clothing the way I saw Amy Irving wearing it.

I'm proud to have so many great friends at country radio who believe in what I do - thanks to all of them.

A free culture is not a culture without property; it is not a culture in which artists don't get paid.

"We speak different languages, as usual," responded Woland, "but this does not change the things we speak about. Well?..."

When you think that it's too hard, remember that in the long run, doing the things that will make you successful is a lot easier than being unsuccessful

The loss of my sight was a great fillip. If I could go deaf and dumb I think I might pant on to be a hundred.

There is no incidental music to the dramas of real life.