Truly great people in history never wanted to be great for themselves. All they wanted was the chance to do good for others and be close to God.

I'm pretty as a girl.

I need to get everything straight. I'm not involved in a power struggle between black and white.

Santa Claus was white and everything bad was black. The little ugly duckling was the black duck, and the black cat was the bad luck. And if I threaten you, I'm going to blackmail you.I said, 'Momma, why don't they call it 'whitemail'? They lie too.'

You could be the world's best garbage man, the world's best model; it don't matter what you do if you're the best.

When people are forced to interact to survive, their prejudices diminish.

The more we help others, the more we help ourselves