We all have the drum major instinct. We all want to be important, to surpass others, to achieve distinction, to lead the parade.
Waiters will always pee in soup, people will always fall in love.
Your past is just a story. And once you realize this it has no power over you.
I always really curious to see how people interpret things. I know my version, and I'm kind of bored with my version so I want to see their version.
The photographer in my head says: Give me peace. Flash. Give me release. Flash.
Let's all embrace someone near us. Pick someone special to you. Tell this someone how you feel.
The only reason why we ask other people how their weekend was is so we can tell them about our own weekend.
Katherine Johnson never complained, it just was what it was. She just said, "I just wanted to go to work and do my numbers. " And she stopped right there. I think about that as a Black woman in Hollywood when I'm asked about diversity. I hate when people say diversity because the first thing you jump to is Black and white. When you talk about diversity, you're talking about women being hired in front of and behind the camera. You are talking about people with disabilities, the LGBTQ community. . . so I hate when people think about diversity.
In the New Testament grace means God's love in action towards men who merited the opposite of love. Grace means God moving heaven and earth to save sinners who could not lift a finger to save themselves.
To know what a person has done, and to know who a person is, are very different things.
From an early age I knew very strongly the lust to kill.