Of course I could have retired anytime. But retiring would drive me crazy.

Of course I could have retired anytime. But retiring would drive me crazy.

There are ogres and black beasts out there; you have to be constantly on guard.

Until the day of his death no man can be sure of his courage.

Within the last three years the amount of classified materials has doubled to 15.6 million decisions to classify documents.

Roads are long make them short with a good company

Everything being a constant carnival there is no carnival left.

You don’t have to explain your dreams. They belong to you.

Yes, well I really hope I can make a difference, even in the smallest way. I am looking forward to helping as much as I can.

I never thought of myself as a Broadway actress. I'm not really a singer or a dancer.

Being away from home was tough, but the challenge and the thrill of being on Broadway was so fulfilling, and I'm thankful to my husband for making it possible and holding it down at home.

I pride myself as being a very supportive parent. I go to my daughter's soccer games. I hit most of them. I try to go to all of them.

You do your work as fully as you can, and the ones who hear the sound join in.

Black America surely faces an existential crisis, but not the one imagined in the condescending news media - of somehow getting non-black America to be more just and generous. The truth is, we've already been through that, and there is nothing left to do. We're out of 'affirmative actions' of all kinds.

The town where I grew up has a zip code of E I E I O.

For the Oscars, I had a speech in my hand, and I just knew if I opened the piece of paper, I was going to be unable to read it. So I just thought, 'I'm going to say, as coherently as I can, whatever I can.'

All I ever seek from good deeds is a measure of respect.

I have spent quite some time in Malaysia, as my mother is from there. And shooting there was a great experience.

I have seen this happen in recent years with regard to pharmaceuticals and vaccines, where, working together, we are improving access to medicines and vaccines for infectious diseases in the poorest countries.

The big belly can accommodate all kinds of things. The benevolence is never let a dust behind.

The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual the impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.

I've never really understood that. It's a funny thing; people sometimes accuse us of condescending to our characters somehow-that to me is kind of inexplicable.

Family time is the best time.

Without discipline, there is no Marine Corps.

Follow your image as far as you can no matter how useless you think it is. Push yourself.

It is a big problem and so I don't know for sure if I say yes or no to Ferrari.

As you get older it's more confusing. Suddenly, there's more pressure to fit in to your assigned gender.