"I believe that education is freedom. It provides the tools to affect one's own destiny."
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"I can honestly say that I'm not a person who thinks about awards, as much I think about the work itself."
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"Your work speaks for you. Your art defines you."
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"I think I try to speak to the heart of the woman who I know is interested in growing into herself."
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"I live in the space where God is. There is no question that that is why I am where I am, and why I have had the success that I've had, is because I allow myself to be guided by that which is greater than myself - than my personality."
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"Anybody who has ever done anything knows that, when you believe, it doesn't matter what other people think. You just have to keep finding a way to align your vision with other people who will receive and accept your vision. And when the time is right, if it is for you, it will show itself, if you believe."
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"I do miss the people in the audience and the fun: "I came with my mother! And this is my mother!" I miss that. I miss: "My cousin and I came all the way from...." I miss that. I don't miss this - who is left to interview?"
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""Back in the day when I started - it's like I walked five miles to school in the snow barefooted" - there were three channels.I don't know what I would do."
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"I think that the idea of reaching young girls that are in college is something that we are strongly open to because who better wants to know how to live a more purposeful life than people who are starting out?"
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"I made the decision I will own my own show. So never again will I ever be told what I can and can not do."
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"I felt that it was deeply moving and profound, and of course everybody was like, "Oh, the president [Barack Obama] can sing!" Maybe a little off key! I actually think that the sermon reinforced the very nature of the grace that the victims' families had shown to the world."
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"When I read poetry, I read it aloud. It's so much better that way."
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"One of my theories about life is that we become what we believe."
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"I see all art as a complement to telling people's stories. I'm in the storytelling business. I believe that the humanity that all of us share is the stories of our lives, and everybody has a story. Your story is as important as the next person's story."
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"I've seen that many times in rural African villages where people have nothing but a hut and a bowl. The joy in the children's eyes is something you wish you could package and bring back to America."
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"I would say that during the time that I was 14 and pregnant - I didn't even know what pregnancy was when I got pregnant - I was trying to do everything I could to harm myself. I said to God, "God, if you want me to die, then you're going to have to kill me"."
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"I can't imagine I could have become the person I am now without books. Books became synonymous with freedom. They showed that you could open doors and walk through."
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"People believe marriage will make us better."
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"Great communication begins with connection."
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"Surround yourself only with those who lift you higher."
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