Words can crush things that are unseen.

Lots of people have gone from public housing to do great things in the world and have a tremendous sense of duty to their fellow man because of it.

Most of us don't spend any time knowing ourselves. We just keep reacting.

I find you get out of people what you put into them.

Being part of the natural world reminds me that innocence isn't ever lost completely; we just need to maintain our goodness to regain it.

I guess I’m a Gemini through and through, but I’m mercurial. I get bored doing the same things.

I’m somebody who, as a child, had a lot of insecurity about stable housing, where I was going to be living, if I was going to have a roof over my head, all those types of things. And I know the impact it can have on you psychologically and emotionally.