We are not our brother’s keeper we are our brother and we are our sister. We must look past complexion and see community.

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

Being a woman is hard work.

Being free is being able to accept people for what they are, and not try to understand all they are or be what they are.

You have to develop ways so that you can take up for yourself, and then you take up for someone else. And so sooner or later, you have enough courage to really stand up for the human race and say, 'I'm a representative. '

You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.

There's something beautiful about the fact that Obama was not just elected, but elected decisively across racial, and socio-economic and cultural groups and that we all celebrated in his win.