President [Barack] Obama is a man who had certain advantages because of the civil rights movement.

I'm not so vain as to believe that my involvement changes anything whatsoever.

I've been a Goodwill Ambassador for the UNICEF and the UNICEF family for more than twelve years

We have to be that wedge that drives the question and asks the hard questions

If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men going to prison and also among the highest levels of illiteracy in the country.

I want people with epilepsy to know that there are ways in which they can play a role in their own recovery. It's all in how they approach what is happening and how they can use that as a catalyst for their own growth. If there's one thing that I've learned, it's that people are willing to embrace you if you share your story.

It's a misconception to believe that the resistance ended with the civil rights movement.