Your past is where you learned the lesson. Now is when you get to apply it.
You see the transformation that the arts have on young people. It changes their lives for the better. That's where my engagement is.
I'd be like, 'You're a young, vibrant woman. Where are you?' I realized that I had been living in denial.
Madam, I have come from a country where people are hanged if they talk.
Anytime you see a bit where some stranger does something to me, it's me.
Home is in here [tapping temple]. Where you live is just a geographical preference.
We live in a culture where we're bombarded with so much noise and so much insecurity.
I'm definitely one of those people who think that everything you do leads up to the moment where you are now.
Big companies have always needed and cooperated in areas where it made sense.
America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there.
You've got to be able to act when it's necessary to act. And you've got to be able to act where the threat is.
Sometimes, taking a job is like going to a shrink or something, where you get to know yourself better.
The world is slowly evolving into a place where the things that we have seen as being taboo are starting to open up a bit more.
I have failed a lot in my philanthropy, where I will make philanthropic contributions and they just won't be effective.
My mother was a leading lady in a local theatre in Birmingham, Alabama, where I grew up.
I was so adamant about proving myself for so long and I've gotten to the point where I don't have to do that as much.
When I was a student I spent a lot of time in the library. That's where the books and smart girls were.
Am I gay, am I straight? No, I'm just slutty. So, where's my parade? What about slut pride.
I know no national boundary where the Negro is concerned. The whole world is my province until Africa is free.
Wherever there is art, there is a staircase over there where you can ascend to the high places!
Terrorism will never cease in a country where the so-called leaders are criminals and terrorists in disguise.
