"Don't always know what I am talking about, feels like I'm living in the middle of doubt."

“I want my kids to know that they're just as good and just as American as Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, or Dr. Martin Luther King. My worst fear is they will become ordinary.”

Source : "Shakespeare, to expand their globe" by Merrill Balassone, articles.latimes.com. September 6, 2005.

“One cannot be able in life by fearing to live.”

“From childhood forward, our hair is one of the most critical, defining aspects of our embodied selves as black women: how we get it done... how we have to focus on it... the questions we have to answer about it... and so forth.”

Source : Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

“Easter is reflecting upon suffering for one thing, but it also reflects upon Jesus and his non compliance in the face of great authority where he holds to his truth - so there's two stories there.”

Source : "Michael Leunig Finds Modern Meaning in the Easter Story". Interview with Annette Marner, www.abc.net.au. March 28, 2013.

“It is not sex that gives the pleasure, but the lover.”

Source : Marge Piercy (2016). “Gone to Soldiers: A Novel”, p.371, Open Road Media

“I looked out the window for other passengers in love with their drivers, but we were well disguised, we pretended boredom and prayed for traffic.”

“Your age doesn't define your maturity; your grades don't define your ability; and what people say about you doesn't define who you are.”

Source : Twitter post from May 06, 2016

“In fact, I would advise against anyone doing reality shows. I won't be doing 'X Factor' just yet.”