My roots are African. The birds I remember, the fruits I ate, the trees I climbed, they're African.

Political campaigns are the graveyard of real ideas and the birthplace of empty promises.

When you're threatened, or something hard hits you, acknowledge it, embrace it. Don't pretend that you didn't get hurt - hurt, cry, think about it. And then you let it go and try something else.

If you want to be loved by everyone, don't go into politics.

I hope it will come as no surprise that I have something to say.

I mention my age because I find people in this country - women, not men, of course - women are so troubled by their age. There's a culture of youth, and it's a phony culture.

There is a value in taking a stand whether or not anybody may be noticing it, and whether or not it is a risky thing to do.

I grew up in a dictatorship in East Africa.

John will never send a boy or girl in a uniform anywhere in the world because of our need and greed for oil.

As a young woman, I attended Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, South Africa, which was then not segregated. But I witnessed the weight of Apartheid everywhere around me.

You can call me Mama T anytime.

If someone tells you that you can achieve your dreams with little to no work, they are lying to you.

Sometimes we get a little tired of the burdens of life, but it is exhilarating to know that Jesus Christ will meet us at the end of life’s journey.

When I was in high school, even in college, I didn't have any real image of a career woman or a professional woman.

I hate acting classes. I did a few, but I've always hated acting classes. I prefer to just watch a movie or watch TV and take it from there.

Regeneration is the fountain; sanctification is the river (in deeper or shallower degree). 'Entire sanctification' is the river in fullest flow.

If politicians all told the truth, we'd be out of business.

Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging low with sullen roar.

I cannot help leaving my books behind me whenever God calls me hence; but in every other respect, my own hands will be my executors.

The party don't stop, til the casket drop.

I blend my green drink every morning. I also fix my son a full-on American breakfast with bacon and toast.