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“I'm a black woman every day, and I'm not confused about that. I'm not worried about that. I don't need to have a discussion with you about how I feel as a black woman, because I don't feel disempowered as a black woman.”
Source : "Network TV Is Broken. So How Does Shonda Rhimes Keep Making Hits?" by Willa Paskin, www.nytimes.com. May 9, 2013.
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“I believe that in any initiative, you can't have a flavor of the month. When you believe something is profound in a company, you can not be a logical leader. You have to go to the lunatic fringe. There is no way that logic is what you need to change people.”
Source : David J. Schwartz (2014). “The Magic of Thinking Big”, p.92, Penguin
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“Love is a weapon of Light, and it has the power to eradicate all forms of darkness. That is the key. When we offer love even to our enemies, we destroy their darkness and hatred...”
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“The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.”
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“What I found fascinating was just how quickly the best of the young Negro League players were drafted into the major leagues once Branch Rickey broke the color line by hiring Jackie Robinson. It was clear that all of the major league owners already knew the talents of the black ballplayers that they had refused to let into their league.”
Source : "An Interview With Walter Dean Myers About The Journal of Biddy Owens". Interview with Richard F. Abrahamson and Eleanore S. Tyson, www.scholastic.com.
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“The man who doesn't relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily, now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on his head for the edification of the pathologist and trained nurse, a little later on.”
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“Christians should be ready for a change because Jesus was the greatest changer in history.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“I do think imperfection's underrated.”