Oh no, I am descended from the important Carters.

It was impossible to reason with a negro-that the only way to keep him in his place was to keep him under fear.

I have never seen any good resulting from educating the Negro.

Oh no, I am descended from the important Carters.

I'm having surgery today to have my face cleaned up. But it will take some fancy stitching to make me all beautiful again!

Sometimes you're in great demand. Then suddenly your career hits the breaks.

Everything changes all the time, and unfortunately, everyone who knows what you do by buying records only hears a small amount of what's going on in your life.

You were born an original. Don't die a copy

I came to magic absolutely hating magic on a very, very deep level.

I think the best movie ever made was 'Dumbo.'

Painting is something that requires a lot of time - it's not just one good idea out of art school.

Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.

I see Baccarat in major gateway cities like Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong and exotic resort locations.

Our numbers have increased in Vietnam because the aggression of others has increased in Vietnam. There is not, and there will not be, a mindless escalation.

Sagittarius are not hot tempered, but when they are, keep your distance.

I was born with a great gift, and sometimes with that comes a destructive streak.

If - you know, it seems to me that if we see Matt Cooper being carted off to jail today, a lot of people may find that, you know, a very upsetting thing.

I could have possibly beaten Senator McCain in the primary. Then I could have been the candidate who lost to Barack Obama.

The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another.

I don't care about being a star. I can do a supporting role; I don't have to be a lead.

I see no reason to hide who I am or what I look like.

My parents had no money, but they had strong values that I've carried throughout my life - things like not going into debt, never borrowing money, never leveraging, paying your bills on time, keeping your agreements, selling customers the right things, treating employees right, and growing things.

I just love Jamie Foxx!

I want to make America better!

I've always loved flowers, as a little girl I'd collect flower objects and little flower books. Now I love flowers on my night table and on my desk.

You think you have some stable talent that will show no matter what you're writing, and if it doesn't seem to be getting across to the audience once, you can't imagine that moment when it suddenly will. Gradually, gradually you gain that confidence.

I can tap dance a little bit.

'Neverwhere,' by Benjamin Millepied, is set to his favorite composer, Nico Muhly.