It's so nice to get flowers while you can still smell the fragrance.

Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death.

Always be smarter than the people who hire you.

I'm me, and I'm like nobody else.

The best thing about living... Is the chance to keep on doing it!

My identity is very clear to me now, I am a black woman.

Nobody black or white who really believes in democracy can stand aside now; everybody's got to stand up and be counted.

You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way.

You wouldn't be allowed to get on a particular bus, but you'd be asked to sign your autograph.

You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way. But the slanting process is so subtle that you frequently don't realize how you're being slanted until very late in the game.

I found out along the way that they like you a little imperfect.

I learned to dream through reading, learned to create dreams through writing, and learned to develop dreamers through teaching. I shall always be a dreamer.

Have your own convictions. Believe in the laws of your conscience because if you believe in everything, you become nothing.

Teach the people the Word before converting and baptizing them

You're not what I expected in a pirate."He laughed, curtly. "You're not what I expected in a princess.

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.

Concrete is heavy; iron is hard - but the grass will prevail.

Scientific thought, then, is not momentary; it is not a static instance; it is a process.

Even somebody like The Black Keys or Royal Blood, they all have this original roots base to what they do.

Passion and purpose go hand in hand. When you discover your purpose, you will normally find it's something you're tremendously passionate about.

It took the whole of Creation to produce my foot, my each feather: now I hold Creation in my foot.