Throughout human history, as our species has faced the frightening, terrorizing fact that we do not know who we are, or where we are going in this ocean of chaos, it has been the authorities - the political, the religious, the educational authorities - who attempted to comfort us by giving us order, rules, regulations, informing - forming in our minds - their view of reality. To think for yourself you must question authority and learn how to put yourself in a state of vulnerable open-mindedness, chaotic, confused vulnerability to inform yourself.

Say what you mean, be who you are, and hope for the best.

A belief in feminism is a belief in personal freedom - the freedom to live a life free of fear of violence, to select a fulfilling career and be compensated fairly, to choose when to start a family, to marry whom you love. I want everyone, regardless of gender, to live a life free of restriction or fear, able to pursue their own personal brand of happiness and fulfillment.

I majored in directing. However, I did spend some time at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, so I am somewhat well-versed in African Studies.

I'd like mostly stuff for design, because I like to design clothing.

I think fear is unavoidable and that, when recognized and embraced, its something that can work for you - especially in the audition room.

Parents need to be more accepting of who their kids are and less concerned about what society thinks they need to be.

There is nothing preventing the enemy reaching Paris. We were fighting on our last line and it has been breached. I am helpless, I cannot intervene.

The world is made of stairs, and there are those who go up and those who go down.

Whenever someone calls me ugly I get super sad and hug them, because I know how tough life is for the visually impaired.

I'll trust myself, myself shall be my friend.

Anything can be art. Art is the relations between relations, not the relations between objects.

What can I say? I feel good when I'm wearing heels. I feel sexier, attractive.

No matter size, weight, or age woman should never forget their divine worth. We are powerful, beautiful beings and should be treated as such.

Always put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person, too.

I would be a vegetarian if the food was better.

Everything beautiful has its moment and then passes away.

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.

Just live! Live now! Don't wait, and don't let anyone tell you that you're a work in progress.

Being beautiful is all in the attitude, it's about confidence.

Happy Thursday! Life at work and at home is so much HAPPIER when you speak and act with kindness!! Share a SMILE and make it a great day:)!

I believe that man was created to enjoy himself, indeed, that he can claim it as his legitimate right. In fact, as long as he lives, man cannot help enjoying himself, even if he tries not... . Today the average person, when he hears the word pleasure, immediately thinks of something immoral. But nothing could be more wrong.

But no work from a first rate mind is ever really second rate.

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.

I want to become a superstar, but for that, I first have to be a super actor.

The piano is a divinely inspired instrument, a mirror held up to its player's soul that captures the light and shadow of the performer and reflects them back to the listener.

Ethics is the new competitive environment

Being the first is old media, while being to the point is new media. And Twitter never forgets.

Unless I work with Shah Rukh my career cannot be complete. I can't hang my boots till that happens.

Sure many people will be shocked when I win, but not me.

I want to be who I am now. I rock my gray hair because it is a blessing. I colored mine for many years, but I've gotten compliments from so many men and women about being brave enough to sport the gray. I even wear it on the cover of my record. I am comfortable in my skin and I want listeners to feel that as well.

Once upon a time humans faced each other and pulled thoughts from minds, advanced rapidly, revolutionised industry and evolved explosively. Then one day they stopped, and stared at a box. They grew fat and awkward in public, stopped expressing emotions and couldn't figure out how to reverse it: they reinvented themselves from Emperors back into prawns, because someone turned the TV on.

Falling in love was the easy part; planning a wedding - yikes!

I admire the strength and courage of all young people faced with difficult situations in life. You are an inspiration to me and so many people around you, as you overcome challenges and come out of it stronger.

Whatever the soul chooses to love, it will resemble. And therefore what we choose to love is important: Love is the force behind every level of existence. There is some good in every attraction, but there is a process of refining attraction, of choosing what to love, so that we are energized by a wider, purer love

Our deepest wounds surround our greatest gifts.

Much of my youth was spent in the parking lot or inside a Dunkin' Donuts.

I prefer little hotpant-like shorts, but I wear thongs too.

The only meaningful thing we can offer one another is love. Not advice, not questions about our choices, not suggestions for the future, just love.

Your love is the oil in my lamp of life. Your body the wick that burns casting a blanket of comfort over me as the darkness closes in....I love you