I'm one of those people who feels like I have to be strong for those people who may not be able to find that strength. I feel like I have to speak up for those people whose voices go unheard.

It's important to me that youth everywhere, no matter their race, religion, or gender, know that anything is possible with perseverance.

There will always be people who challenge the idea that you belong, but it's important to work hard, to focus on yourself, and prove that you belong in this space of high-level athletics.

Even if we're facing bigotry or racism, we can still be successful.

I think that when we stand in solidarity, we'll be stronger.

I think that we will come out on top as women, as people of color, as Muslims, as transgender people, as people who are part of the disabled community - I think that we'll come out on top.

I know that I'm Muslim. I have an Arabic name. And even though I represent Team USA and I have that Olympic hardware, it doesn't change how you look and how people perceive you.

I think Muslims in particular are facing similar obstacles African Americans did, historically.

I was born handsome and I will die handsome.

I know not what you mean by God; the word God is to me a sound conveying no clear or distinct affirmation.

Many of us get our news from social networks, blogs, and daily aggregators.

Oh that God would humble me deeply in the dust before Him! i deserve Hell every day for not lovingmy Lord more, who has, i trust, loved me and given Himself for me.

Because I tend to kind of hide under the sheets when it comes to reality television. I've seen probably one episode of maybe five different shows, and that's about it.

Ignorance may be bliss, but it does not lead to liberation.

We're wanted men, we'll strike again, but first let's have a beer.

A gentle breeze catches in the branches then and I hear it, soft and low, a murmured prayer--Gem-ma, Gem-ma--and then the leaves bend down and trail delicate fingers across my cold cheeks.

I came out of the womb looking for the camera angle

Atheism is a very positive affirmation of man's ability to think for himself, to do for himself, to find answers to his own problems.