I don't care what anybody says. The first tournament is not the hardest one to win. It's always the second one.
I learned there's a tremendous amount of sisterhood among Muslim women, which I thought was really beautiful.
I admire the women who can have babies and jump right back to work. As a nursing mother, I couldn’t sit there and just pump all day. I needed to be close to my baby.
Enjoy life, study hard, play hard, be kind to other people, set high standards, and don't be afraid to say "No. "
The last step will be letting my hair go natural. That's when you'll know I'm free.
It's hard to judge yourself. Each Essence cover represents a different special moment in my life. One is about keeping it sexy in my 40s, so I'm not mad about that either.
I think that if something matters to you, and is important to you, then you give it the attention and energy it deserves. So, I don't look upon it as a price, but as an opportunity to influence the community in a healthy way.
I'm so excited to act; that has been a huge passion for me.
I'm a believer of destiny and I believe I'm destiny's child. I've seen the highs and I've seen the lows and I believe things happen for a reason and always for the best. Maybe this was all meant to be and maybe Big Brother worked as a catalyst in a bigger issue like racism, which was important to be broached. Maybe it had to happen this way and I'm glad that I could help it.
God made both tears and laughter, and both for kind purposes; for as laughter enables mirth and surprise to breathe freely, so tears enable sorrow to vent itself patiently. Tears hinder sorrow from becoming despair and madness.
Nothing so good as a university education, nor worse than a university without its education.