The moment anyone tries to demean or degrade you in any way, you have to know how great you are. Nobody would bother to beat you down if you were not a threat.

Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch - what make you go beyond the norm.

I am not a quitter. I will fight until I drop. It is just a matter of having some faith in the fact that as long as you are able to draw breath in the universe, you have a chance.

If each person in this world will simply take a small piece of this huge thing, this amazing quilt, and work it regardless of the color of the yarn, we will have harmony on this planet.

I saw that I could not afford the luxury of just being an actress. So I made a choice to use my career as a platform to address the issues of the race I was born into.

Whatever good I have accomplished as an actress I believe came in direct proportion to my efforts to portray black women who have made positive contributions to my heritage.

You never know what motivates you.

All I have to do is find someone who has something to say that will enrich my life and they can't get rid of me.

Children should have a balanced start in life: a mother and a father. I think that's the only reason to get married.

We have to support our own films. If we don't, how can we expect others to support them?

I will lead my people out of bondage, Lord.

A deal's a deal. Nothing is for nothing. Everything has its price.

How will we ever get out of the labyrinth of suffering ?

Generally speaking, if you think something you want to do is wrong, it is.

I'm smart and I can be really funny and interesting and I can go toe-to-toe with anybody in a conversation.

Scaramucci said he wants to narrow the gap between what he thinks of the president and what he sees as the press' view of Trump.

Arms are instruments of ill omen, not the instruments of the gentleman. When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so without relish.

Hip-hop has globalized a conception of blackness that has had a political impact, whether or not it had a political intent.

Trade justice for the developing world and for this generation is a truly significant way for the developed countries to show commitment to bringing about an end to global poverty.

We have a harder way to succeed in life as Serbs because of the past that we had and because of the history we had.

Technology has brought many possibilities in education and health that are key to women.