Political campaigns are the graveyard of real ideas and the birthplace of empty promises.

My roots are African. The birds I remember, the fruits I ate, the trees I climbed, they're African.

When you're threatened, or something hard hits you, acknowledge it, embrace it. Don't pretend that you didn't get hurt - hurt, cry, think about it. And then you let it go and try something else.

If you want to be loved by everyone, don't go into politics.

I hope it will come as no surprise that I have something to say.

I mention my age because I find people in this country - women, not men, of course - women are so troubled by their age. There's a culture of youth, and it's a phony culture.

There is a value in taking a stand whether or not anybody may be noticing it, and whether or not it is a risky thing to do.

I grew up in a dictatorship in East Africa.

John will never send a boy or girl in a uniform anywhere in the world because of our need and greed for oil.

As a young woman, I attended Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, South Africa, which was then not segregated. But I witnessed the weight of Apartheid everywhere around me.

You can call me Mama T anytime.

Light God's eldest daughter is a principal beauty in a building.

I'd love to work with Joan Cusack again - I'm obsessed with Joan Cusack.

The U.S. prosecution service is eating at the soul of the American republic. It is an absolute danger to everyone.

Every ad is an investment in the long-term image of a brand.

I hope our hopes and aspirations are bigger than setting records.

Time is but the shadow of the world upon the background of Eternity.

We permit bad taste in this country. In fact, we even encourage it - and reward it in all manner of ways.

I wanted to create a game (EarthBound) with real characters; characters whom players would recognize in the people around them.

So when I'm working out I do things extreme.

Think about what artists, novelists and poets have in common: the ability to engage in metaphorical thinking, linking seemingly unrelated ideas, such as, 'It is the east, and Juliet is the Sun.'