I've never had a dislike for men. I've been badly treated by some. But I've been loved greatly by some. I married a lot of them.

All great artists draw from the same resource: the human heart, which tells us that we are all more alike than we are unalike.

I did get knocked down flat in front of the whole world, and I rose. I didn't run away - I rose right where I'd been knocked down. And then that's how you get to know yourself. You say, hmm, I can get up!

We must be warriors in the struggle against ignorance

I have risked everything to tell the truth. Tell the truth

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive

A woman who is convinced that she deserves to accept only the best challenges herself to give the best. Then she is living phenomenally.