Moments are history. If you have enough of them, they become a story.

I look at my roommates who are so proud of me that it makes me proud.

That's when you know for sure somebody loves you. They figure out what you need and they give it to you - without you asking.

A good mother is irreplaceable.

I like it when my mother smiles. And I especially like it when I make her smile.

But what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way.

We hang out, we help one another, we tell one another our worst fears and biggest secrets, and then just like real sisters, we listen and don't judge.

Mama always said a good family has one heartbeat. No one knows you like the people you live with, and no one will take up your cause to the outside world quite like your blood relatives.

I even love the smell of books.

I don't settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?

There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who want to know the facts, and those who want to make up a nice story to feel better. I wish I was the kind who made up stories.

Your pride for your country should not come after your country becomes great

The decision you will take today has the power to redefine your past and redesign your future.

I never think too far into the future. I'm too busy thinking about tomorrow's news.

Shadows fall on even the brightest hours.

I don't benefit by minimizing his accomplishments Andre Ward.

Finding out what you’re good at, and doing it to the best of your ability, is the route to self-respect.

When I started making films, I wanted to make Frank Capra pictures. But I've never been able to make anything but these crazy, tough pictures. You are what you are.

I wondered if sometimes the difference between a psychopath in Broadmoor and a psychopath on Wall Street was the luck of being born into a stable, rich family.

We talk about freedoms for African-Americans but unless you have more than one option politically, how free are you?

There is no such thing as mental illness, hence also no such thing as psychotherapy.