There are already a number of gatherings centered around women of color who are doing inspiring work.

I don't have to be perfect. All I have to do is show up and enjoy the messy, imperfect and beautiful journey of my life.

I have a deep, deep love for sneakers.

Learn to embrace your own unique beauty, celebrate your unique gifts with confidence. Your imperfections are actually a gift.

Your life is your story, and the adventure ahead of you is the journey to fulfill your own purpose and potential.

I don't think I'm even close to fulfilling my potential. And I think also that, unlike a pianist or a flutist, an actor has an instrument that is constantly changing.

You and you alone are the only person that can live the life that writes the story that you were meant to tell. And the world needs your story because the world needs your voice.

I'm not interested in living in a world where my race is not a part of who I am. I am interested in living in a world where our races, no matter what they are, don't define our trajectory in life.

You can never control how people respond to your work. You can only control your own work ethic.

As long as anyone anywhere is being made to feel less human, our very definition of humanity is at stake, and we are all vulnerable.

To meet somebody who's able to harness the level of courage it takes to walk away and to choose your own life and your own health, the well-being of your family, is really inspiring.

Maybe this is the point: to embrace the core sadness of life without toppling headlong into it, or assuming it will define your days.

Poison is like the drowned

There may be more danger in prejudices which are apparently founded in logic than in those which are acknowledged as emotions. (p69)

Large Professor, none greater none fresher, Won't fold under pressure...grew up down the road from Fran Drescher.

If you find it hard to laugh at yourself, I would be happy to do it for you.

A labyrinth of symbols... An invisible labyrinth of time.

Racism really does exist.

I dabbled in verse and it became my life

Seeing God without seeing the Self, one sees only mental image. Only he who has seen Himself has seen God, since he has lost individuality, and now sees nothing but God.

History consists of a series of accumulated imaginative inventions.