My daughter has a vivid imagination, and so does my son.

God loves you and everything about you, so why beat up on your precious self.

Nobody can tell you how to be a good wife or husband.

Being a parent is the hardest job ever in life.

Exercise is about being grateful for the body you have and sustaining the life you have.

Between the kids, the jobs and everything, no matter what color you are, cardio is probably not on the top of your list.

I enjoy using coconut oil - not only for my skin and hair, but I'll digest it.

My humor is a lot like Kristen Wiig's from 'Saturday Night Live' or 'Bridesmaids.' Quirky, off the beaten path.

Being away from home was tough, but the challenge and the thrill of being on Broadway was so fulfilling, and I'm thankful to my husband for making it possible and holding it down at home.

Not just as a black woman, but as a woman, since the beginning of time, beauty has been our responsibility.

If you had to work 14 hour days, Mondays to Fridays, then you have to keep Saturdays and Sundays sacred.

I do so much music that it's like a fog, and I can't even remember all of it.

Life possesses an amazing array of profoundly sad faces.

I'm only sort of a politician.

Great organizations demand a high level of commitment by the people involved.

Fair words gladden so many a heart.

You can hear the footsteps of God when silence reigns in the mind.

As Shakespeare said, there's nothin' cooler than droppin' the 'g's off of gerunds!

Hatred also is short lived; but that which makes the splendor of the present and the glory of the future remains forever unforgotten here we bless your simplicity but do not envy your folly.

The success of sainthood is the success attained by struggle and suffering and achieved by faith; a success of honor, of clean hands and pure heart, of service to man and glory to God.

A man who trusts in luck better have plenty of it.