When you're fighting for civil rights, it's sometimes two steps forward and one step back. Civil rights are an evolution; and you have to bring people along.

Why is it immoral to be paid for an act that is perfectly legal if done for free?

Male privilege and entitlement are dying a very painful death; no one gives up power without a struggle.

The more I know about men the more I like dogs.

There are some people who still feel threatened by strong women. That's their problem. It's not mine.

Do not let adversity break you. Think of it as a learning experience that will make you stronger.

There is no change without sacrifice.

There are endless new variations on how to hurt a woman physically, emotionally, financially, and socially.

There still is a war on women in terms of politicians in Washington and the state legislatures trying to eliminate any rights we have fought to win and that the Supreme Court has afforded us.

Fighting injustice keeps you young.

Eventually I figured out there was something systematic in the way women are treated.

A hero is not know by the number of battles he has won, but rather by the kind of battles he chooses to fight.

In Paris, choosing a dress is a monumental decision. In Milan, it’s a kick.

To be lazy is stupid, to be a muscle machine is a crazy thing... and how far we go or father we all the time can find disadvantages and it's own consequences.

I've always understood that meditation had to be part of - or was part of the natural path and so I've always sort of dabbled in it.

San Francisco has a flowers-in-your-hair kind of vibe, while Chicago's got this very funny, big-city/small-town coolness to it.

Unfortunately Seattle is my muse, for the better or worse of Seattle - I'm not sure.

I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own.

A fighter never knows when it's the last bell. He doesn't want to face that.

Meditation and prayer are my secret weapons, and when I use them, I can move mountains.

It benefits all artists to help one another - it raises the whole profession.