My mother really wanted me to be in possibly a beauty pageant, not only for if I could win, but it helped improve my self-image because of trauma in my childhood and other issues.

My people were homesteading in Colorado before Emancipation.

I like serious films, the moneymaking blockbusters that don't make any kind of sense and John Carpenter films.

That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin; It's by my character.

Struggle and survival, losing and winning, doesn't matter. It's entering the race that counts. You enter, you can win, you can lose .... but it's all about entering the race.

Me, sexy? I'm just plain ol' beans and rice.

I really hate to see abusive behavior being passed on from generation to generation to generation, when we have access to health and counseling.

I don't believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the work as an artist.

Women are allowed more freedoms and we're fighting for more freedoms, we're experiencing more freedoms won.

My grandfather was the first feminist in my life. He taught me if a woman can do something, a man will respect her.

And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration.

There are other things to a woman than taking her to bed.

I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.

Here's to one of the most beautiful kind thoughtful people I have ever known . . . You are getting more like me every day.

The old are in a second childhood.

While we got hotter and thirstier as the heat beat down on us. The somebody would call in a voice full of elation

Because reading is one of the joys of life, and once you begin, you can't stop, and you've got so many stories to look forward to.

I think a lot of ex-addicts. They find a lot of humor in what they did because they lived through it.

It was no longer esteemed infamous for a Roman to survive his honor and independence.

The violence of our time is caused by obedience.

Unless we believe and see Jesus in the appearance of bread on the altar, we will not be able to see him in the distressing disguise of the poor.