God hides things by putting them near us..

I often look for beauty in form and structure, and for ideas..

In a world of increasing grey areas, we are becoming more and more entrenched in black and white positions..

Since I went no grasse hath growne on my hele..

Things [only] exist once they are represented..

I feel like the world we live in seems to be full of an increasingly grey area, but the culture that we live in seems to be getting really entrenched….

You can hold onto anything to make you carry on..

Take what you got and fly with it..

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself..

Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black and white movie..

Sidney Poitier became a star in part by helping black and white Americans negotiate their new relationship in the post-Civil Rights era..

In tragedy, it's hard to find a good resolution; it's not black and white: it's a big fog of gray..

When you're the ingénue no one is really interested in you for that..

I am not an African. I am an American..

Politics is a highly tribal business..

No one survives life..

Charge for something and make more than you spend..

If you push too much for somebody that everyone knows is your friend, and that you've worked with before, it can backfire..

Strength is for service, not status.

I don't pull, I just receive..

You can change so many things in your life, but you cannot change where you come from. It's something that you have to deal with: the role everybody ….