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

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 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.

A little nepotism never hurt nobody, honey. If you got it, use it. Press on with it. Remind them of it.

Their doubt is your fuel for dreams. You just have to drive.

Success needs you to give yourself goals to aim for.

The real secret of success is enthusiasm.

The most important step of all is the first step. Start something.

When all else fails, look cute.

What I've always wanted to do is be as funny as possible.

I don't like to put people in a competition to defeat the other.

You have to have fear in order to have courage.

I'm the LCL - the Last Center Left. I've been doing the same things for 13 years, but now they're flopping and falling, and the refs are falling for it, too.

When you give someone your whole heart and he doesn't want it, you cannot take it back. It's gone forever.