I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.
Putting women in military combat is the cutting edge of the feminist goal to force us into an androgynous society.
I did it to myself. It wasn't society... it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing.
I very much dislike the intolerance and moralism of many Christians, and feel more sympathy with Honest Doubters than with them.
One aspect of my mum's personality that has influenced me is her love of Hollywood and the golden era of black-and-white films.
I have four strikes against me. I'm black, I'm short, I'm intelligent, and I have a medical condition.
American exceptionalism is grounded in the founding of the United States upon an idea, rather than upon the ambitions of men.
It's not just dead men who tell no tales. Live ones don't have much to say for themselves, either.
Men should stop treating feminists like ladies, and instead treat them like the men they say they want to be.
Why do men think they know how to cook outside when they haven't the smallest idea how to go about it indoors?
My mom is a public school teacher and works with third grade students.
As an actress, I have put myself out there as an independent black woman, a single mom, a go-getter, a hustler who isn't afraid to survive.
I want a lot of people to see my movies. More black people. More white people. I want to make that connection.
I'm fighting the label of 'Black' actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies.
Rachel Stein aka Ellis de Vries: Does it never end?
Todd Blackburn: Well, I'm here to kick some ass.
McKnight: [over the radio] Get us off this fucking street!
Nelson: The Humvees ain't coming back for us, dude.
Thomas Leroy: This is your moment, Nina. Don't let it go.
Lily: What are you going to do? Run home to mommy?
Pas de quatre dancer: [Coming offstage after the pas de quatre] We sucked!
