History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.

Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.

I'm a descendant of someone bought and sold, and brought in 1619 in what was to become the United States.

The woman who truly intends to live a good life is already living phenomenally since intent is part of the achievement.

Laugh and dare to try to love somebody, starting with yourself. You must love yourself first, of course, and you must protect yourself so that nobody overrides you, overrules you, or steps on you. Just say, 'Just a minute. I'm worth everything, dear.'

You can't really know where you are going until you know where you have been.

I do like to have guns around. I don't like to carry them. But I like - if somebody is going to come into my house and I have not put out the welcome mat, I want to stop them.