Unfortunate. Unfortunate. Sometimes people struggling for freedom lose their way.

If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.

When everyone is included, everyone wins.

Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.

Inclusion is not a matter of political correctness. It is the key to growth.

Your children need your presence more than your presents.

You may not be responsible for being down, but you must be responsible for getting up.

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.

Tears will get you sympathy, sweat will get you change.

Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.

Our flag is read, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbown-red, yellow, brown, black and white - and we're all precious in God's sight.

It is in the coldest months that hugs linger snug, and they warm the soul the most.

World War II was the last government program that really worked.

I honestly find it easier to dance about in heels than I do to walk down the street in them.

If you have ever been in a real tragic or sad situation, the words that come out are hopelessly inadequate and kind of cliched.

The inability of those in power to still the voices of their own consciences is the great force leading to change.

The triumph of writing fiction is that by doing so, writers can build a more ideal world in themselves.

I wanted to do something not just commercial but also covetable.

We should all rehearse and practise the positives in our life, rather than doing what so many people do.

I certainly have more enthusiasm when I'm dealing with marginalized people in Japan, and as a creative person I am part of that marginalization.

Like the lily That once was mistress of the field and flourished, I'll hang my head and perish.