[On the desert:] The wind was a constant, and when you paid attention, it seemed like the earth's own breathing.

Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared.

As you discover what strength you can draw from your community in this world from which it stands apart, look outward as well as inward. Build bridges instead of walls.

I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.

Experience has taught me that you cannot value dreams according to the odds of their coming true. Their real value is in stirring within us the will to aspire.

I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.

Remember that no one succeeds alone. Never walk alone in your future paths.

Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences...our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging.

Until we reach equality in education, we can't reach equality in the larger society.

The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever.

There are no bystanders in life [...] Our humanity makes us each a part of something greater than ourselves.

As a journalist, or an anthropologist, the convention is that people are there for you to study, and they are your objects.

For history tells us that while these truths may be self-evident, they've never been self-executing. That while freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by his people here on earth.

A man whose yesterdays rest on his horizon travels forward into his past. The result is that he goes a very long way to nowhere.

And since I’m going to be in the neighborhood, you thought I might do as an escort? To an orgy?

I belonged to another club, and liked the camaraderie.

When I was shooting 'The Bourne Identity,' I had a mantra: 'How come you never see James Bond pay a phone bill?' It sounds trite, but it became the foundation of that franchise.

As long as the mind clings to belief, it is held in a prison.

The attack on untouchability is an attack on this high-and low-ness.

When you play someone who is an iconic figure you can't go into it lightly.

The big thing is I try not to repeat.