Coming from the '50s, things were very violent.

My people were homesteading in Colorado before Emancipation.

I like serious films, the moneymaking blockbusters that don't make any kind of sense and John Carpenter films.

That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin; It's by my character.

Struggle and survival, losing and winning, doesn't matter. It's entering the race that counts. You enter, you can win, you can lose .... but it's all about entering the race.

Me, sexy? I'm just plain ol' beans and rice.

I really hate to see abusive behavior being passed on from generation to generation to generation, when we have access to health and counseling.

I don't believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the work as an artist.

Women are allowed more freedoms and we're fighting for more freedoms, we're experiencing more freedoms won.

My grandfather was the first feminist in my life. He taught me if a woman can do something, a man will respect her.

And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration.

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.

Unless the church quickly recovers the authoritative biblical message, we may witness the spectacle of millions of Christians going outside the institutional church to find spiritual food.

The teaching of Jesus Christ has as its central theme unfoldment towards a realization of immortality.

When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.

Our Founding Fathers created the Executive Branch to implement and enforce the laws written by Congress, and vested this power in the president.

The only times I'm consistent about praying are when I'm on an airplane or when an ambulance goes by.

There ought to be a law against the sun rising and setting for you in somebody else.

When you truly commit in your life, you start receiving more than you could imagine.

In water, like in books—you can leave your life.

Human beings are very complex creatures. This desire, this greed, this love is very complex.