Do you have any idea how frightening it is to care for someone who dreams? They infect you with their optimism. And soon you start to dream together. You begin to dare to hope.

There are no racists in America, or at least none that the people who need to be white know personally.

You can't judge a book by its cover, " he said. "No, " said Watts. "But you can tell how much it's gonna cost!

For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes by virtue of their common womanhood the property of all women.

Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me, particularly given my medical history.

People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don't necessarily merit fear.

Only one man ever understood me, and he didn't understand me

The greatest significance of the present student generation is that it is through them that the point of view of the subjugated is finally and inexorably being expressed.

Steven [Soderbergh] is so generous and when I sat down to meet him for "Logan Lucky" he answered so many questions about directing, so when I was on set I tried not to bug him too much.

Mysteries abound where most we seek for answers.

It was then given me to know that the power of revitalization of my body was mine, and I, who had been pronounced dead by man, lived strongly in the body.