They will love me for that which destroys me..
The image is an image..
God hides things by putting them near us..
I often look for beauty in form and structure, and for ideas..
Since I went no grasse hath growne on my hele..
Things [only] exist once they are represented..
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..
When you're the ingénue no one is really interested in you for that..
Once you decide to work for yourself, you never go back to work for somebody else..
I am not an African. I am an American..
Politics is a highly tribal business..
No one survives life..
I have principles and I am not going to be forced to compromise them..
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.
Money is all right but once you have it you learn it's not the be all and end all..
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 ….