Testifying has helped me understand that one individual's behavior and actions make a difference. That my actions are important to people other than myself

I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that.

You can't always expect a certain result, but you can expect to do your best.

We've got to understand that all disenfranchised people have something in common...The pursuit of justice really is about equality for everyone.

calls for equal treatment are often seen as calls for 'special treatment' in situations where discrimination has become the norm.

My parents are older, and they lead a somewhat sheltered life. It was difficult to talk with them about things that were embarrassing to me, and that I had never spoken to them about

I'm not sure I can say there is a clean line between me as an individual and me as a lawyer.

I think, though, as African-American women, we are always trained to value our community even at the expense of ourselves, and so we attempt to protect the African-American community.

I am hopeful that others who have suffered sexual harassment will not become discouraged by my experience, but instead will find the strength to speak out about this serious problem.

But the issue of sexual harassment is not the end of it. There are other issues - political issues, gender issues - that people need to be educated about.

If I can mean to people - if I can symbolize the ability to pursue gender equality, racial equality, and to be truthful about our experiences, then, absolutely, that's what I want to be.

The death of a billionaire is worth more to the media than the lives of a billion poor people.

No honest work of man or woman "fails" it feeds the sum of all human action.

Life started getting good when I started making money.

You can have a good vibe and a good feeling about something, but you never really know how it's going to be received and how an audience is going to react to it.

We stand for global security and so we take care of everyone's life.

If I'm lucky, I can do a facial once a month.

I'm a very private person, and when I leave the stage, I leave the stage.

A person has the right, and I think the responsibility, to develop all of their talents.

I come from a family who prided themselves, both sides, on memory. And I was told growing up, constantly, that I was born with a really good memory.

Black is beautiful when it is a slum kid studying to enter college, when it is a man learning new skills for a new job. . . .