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We all get angry and jealous sometimes, none of us is perfect, but we should not try to be different.
Ain't nothing coming easily in this life. Sometimes you gotta work, you gotta grow and it gotta hurt.
When I was 12, I wrote a list of things to do before I died. 'Own a Picasso' was one of those things.
Just bc u loved and lost doesn't mean stop loving. If u have a nightmare, does it mean u stop dreaming?
Seriously, in America there are more big, curvy girls than there are little girls, and men love us, too.
I've been enjoying playing with fashion - gold grills and diamond grills have just become a part of that.
A nutritionist has told me to have very little butter and very little spices, but I can't live like that.
I want to continue growing as an actress. There are ways that I can reach quicker, or deeper, with acting.
When I sing, I have to live in that moment, so my audience can feel that. That is my reason for doing art.
I'm a girl who enjoys a great meal with great friends, so I'm not really that concerned about weight loss.
I think all any artist or person wants to do is grow spiritually, emotionally, professionally and mentally.
When Jett puts my face in his hands and tells me, 'Mommy you're so pretty' or smells me, it's so wonderful.
I like a man who smells good. Puts on cologne; lotions his body. It keeps me wanting. I like feeling that way.
I see myself being a great-grandmother at my great-grandson's graduation from a school that has my name on it.
When you get a jean for a larger girl, you have to have them tailored for you. Tailoring is indeed everything.
Soul music is about longevity and reaching and touching people on a human level - and that's never going to get lost.
That's what I enjoy most about my music, that it heals in its own time and makes us look at ourselves in its own time.
That's what I enjoy most about my music - that it heals in its own time and makes us look at ourselves in its own time.
I'm a world-class people watcher. I like to watch people's body movements, their expressions. It says so much about them.
Africa doesn't leap on you immediately; it seeps slowly, and it's incredibly important to be respectful and humble there.
Beauty is an understanding of what you have, and it's forgiving yourself of what you don't have, and appreciating all of it.
I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.
I've always enjoyed shows like 'The X-Files,' where you're on the edge of your seat and you're so invested in these characters.
Saturday Night Live is a show that I think I could have a lot of fun on, just being different characters and maybe singing, too.
I just think fashion is about enjoying yourself and being comfortable in your skin and allowing you to be you - all the way live.
I always wanted to be a renaissance woman, do as many things as I possibly can and hopefully do them well or don't do them at all.
All you ever really want is a great character and great writing. As an actor, that's the juiciest sandwich you could ever ask for.
'Saturday Night Live' is a show that I think I could have a lot of fun on, just being different characters and maybe singing, too.
The highs, the lows, the peaks, the valleys, whatever, it's all going to go into the art, whether I'm singing or acting or whatever.
Our minds do understand that people of all races find genuine love in many places. We dig that the world is full of amazing options.
When I was growing up, my mother would take me to plays and museums, and we'd talk about life. Those times helped shape who I became.
One day, I just got up to read a poem and started singing. I looked around - the reaction was great. And I said, oh, boy. I like this.
I love when I am around a veteran in [show] business. Because I can dig and ask questions, and find out the "who" and "what" of it all.
I have a few caftans just for lounging purposes. When I want to feel free, it's the closest thing to feeling naked without being naked.
One day, I just got up to read a poem and started singing. I looked around - the reaction was great. And I said, 'Oh, boy. I like this.'
Once I started looking for a record deal, I had a trainer. And the trainer told me that I would never sell a record if I didn't lose weight.
I just think it's silly to be stingy with compliments. If you see someone and they strike you as beautiful in any way, why not let them know?
People is, I think, it's their nature - some people's nature, in a way, to be angry or jealous or just spiteful about somebody else's blessings.
It's frustrating me - that booty is gonna sag at some point. And if you allow enough people to come inside your physical space, they leave traces.
There are repercussions to everything, even advancement and success. And I think that the repercussions to my success was the loss of my marriage.
My heart and prayers go out to all single moms because it's tough, and I can't imagine any teenager dealing with a baby and all those hormones raging.
I don't think I'll get married again. I'm not looking for it. What I can say about my divorce and my failed engagement is that I learned where my bar is.
Whatever happens in my life, whether I stand up or I fall down, whatever the case, I'm going to use it in my art. Why? Because I'm an artist and I have to.
I'm going to do as much as I can with this life, and then I'm going to make sure to take some time off and be simple and ride my bike and hang out with friends.
'Fringe' is one of my favorite television shows, from its inception. I absolutely love all of the science fiction of it, the mystery of it, and the science in it.
I've done a lot of fighting in my time, and I'm down to do some more. I don't want to, but you know, there's just certain things that you can't sit down and take.
I never expected the White House to be warm, and the artwork on the walls was extraordinary. I am a fan of the Louvre, but being there it was almost just as good.
There's something really magical about having a child - it's like permission to begin again, start over, reevaluate some things, check yourself. Recognize yourself.
I think, as an artist, you have to have experienced some deep turmoil, some kind of pain, because that's what connects you with the world. That's what makes it juicy!
I was reared in a Jehovah's Witness household. I was taught that every man should be judged by his deeds and not his color, and I firmly stand where my grandmother left me.