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.

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.

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.

Sometimes the burden of love is heavier than a heavy heart

Everyone needs a helping hand, You just have to offer it.

The art of living in a small town is one of the most difficult to acquire.

Don't buy a single vote more than necessary.

Fiction is a particularly effective way for strangers to connect across time and distance

But if they don't exist, how can a man see them?

Why should we not enter into our inheritance in the church as well as the concert hall?

I don't know if I could ever really be cast in a heartthrob role apart from 'Twilight,' which I didn't really know was a heartthrob role. I really don't feel I am one.

My job is to take care of the possible and to trust God with the impossible.

Don't measure the height of your Christmas tree. Measure the abundance of the love present in your heart! Have a Blessed Christmas!