Ruby Dee

The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity.

OK, boss, I don't mind shuffling, but I won't scratch my head.

Gangsters lived in the neighborhood. They werent apart from it. Their relationships with people were both benevolent and scary.

The greatest gift is not being afraid to question.

God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear.