As an African American actress, there are people who have been staples in my life that opened a door that I can walk through. I hope that I can have that impact.
Being insecure - I'm a master, a virtuoso - they can be handing me the keys to the kingdom and all I can think is, I hope I don't drop the key.
The Grameen clinics prove that a medical system 'for the poor' can be almost entirely self-supporting, and we hope we can make it fully self sufficient so we can expand it across Bangladesh.
We hope that eventually there would be an occasion which I can personally prove that game music can in fact impress many different people and move them.
Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough.
I can choose to accelerate my disease to an alcoholic death or incurable insanity, or I can choose to live within my thoroughly human condition.
I can have my goals, and I can have my dreams. My goal is to make the finals and improve my position. I want to run all decent races. I don't want to look back and say I ran a terrible race.
All we can hope for is that the thing is going to slowly and imperceptibly shift. All I can say is that 50 years ago there were no such thing as environmental policies.
I can do the tricks and I can skate. I have great skating skills and artistry and well-choreographed programs. For me, the biggest obstacle is just bringing it all together.
You're not going to be great at everything. Surround yourself with people that can compliment you so you can work together and then everybody can be successful.
The good thing about Pro Tools is you can actually hear what you're working on, so it doesn't just become this intellectual idea. But Pro Tools can be dangerous, too. It can make things sterile.
I can work on a verse for a very long time before realising it's not any good and then, and only then, can I discard it.
I can't tell you 100 percent what makes a relationship work. But I can see something good coming and I can see something bad coming.
When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the earth, we can draw nearer to all the heavenly creatures that surround us.
Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.
I know it's a rare privilege, but if one can really tackle something in adult life that means that much to you, then it's more rewarding than anything I can imagine.
I feel that everything I do in my life I can do in a shorter time than most men can. It's the quality, not the quantity.
Now is the one time in my life I can be 100% selfish. I'm not married; I don't have kids; I can focus on my career.
We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right.
Early diagnosis is so important because the earlier a mental illness can be detected, diagnosed and treatment can begin, the better off that person can be for the rest of his or her life.
Any astronaut can tell you you've got to do everything you can to learn about your life support system and then do everything you can to take care of it.
