What once was an expression of who I was - acting - also became my hiding place.

I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder.

No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.

Life is tough; and if you have the ability to laugh at it, you have the ability to enjoy it.

I think it's not a femme fatale when someone is not doing it to manipulate men or be like a black widow. She loves him. She does it out of love. She wants him so badly to stay with her.

I proved to myself that if I believe in something and set my mind to it I could actually accomplish it.

I keep waiting to meet a man who has more balls than I do.

Sometimes evolving doesn't mean transforming; sometimes it just means owning what is there.

Life is about creating new opportunities, not waiting for them to come to you.

Your empathy for other mothers is such a natural instinct and it's such a beautiful thing that we all connect, and we should all help each other.

What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you're never discouraged.

Trees were so rare in that country, and they had to make such a hard fight to grow, that we used to feel anxious about them, and visit them as if they were persons.

But an intelligent man like you would know that to live in an unrealistic hope is a very foolish way to spend a life." - Lena Gray

The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense.

We got no wealthy black people. We got rich people. Shaq is rich. The guy who signs his checks is wealthy.

There is no worse sin than unbelief toward the gospel.

The worst thing is to be born sighted but to lack vision.

I'm terrified of motorcycles. I've been on one a couple of times. I did not like it.

Let's just say I was testing the bounds of reality...

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.

War only in the ring. Peace on earth