"I've learned that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades, and there had better be a enduring love to take its place."

"Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible."

"I'm not a politician. I'm an artist. And I use my art to speak truth to power."

"I've learned that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."

"I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights."