When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea

Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world.

Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade.

I remember being infuriated from the top of my head to the tip of my toes the first time a screen was put around Bob Carter and me on a train leaving Washington in the 1940s.

Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not be put down.

There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take us.

I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.

Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as overshadowing both.

King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.

All Southern state colleges and universities are open to black students.

We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism

Broadmindedness, when it means indifference to right and wrong, eventually ends in a hatred of what is right.

Release yourself from the power you've invested in your mirror and those around you - take control of who you are and how you feel!

I want to start replacing my “fix” response with an “enjoy” response and just let people be themselves.

You choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color.

Were talking about an attitude. Delayed gratification is there, planning, be able to give up something now to get something later.

The word 'career' and 'actor' really don't fit in the same paragraph, let alone sentence. There is no career structure for actors.

Destruction of the environment is not only rational; it's exactly what you're taught to do in college.

As a point of fact, I am not used to making frequent appearances in public, except at times when it is required.

By encouraging renewable energy sources such as wind energy, we boost South Dakota's economy and we help reduce America's dependence on foreign oil.

I know for sure that I have an instinct for color, and that it will come to me more and more, that painting is in the very marrow of my bones.