It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
And poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.
It isn't a matter of black is beautiful as much as it is white is not all that's beautiful.
I don't mind telling a dark side.
I am not going to give in to people who try to exploit me because of my celebrity status.
Real art is basic emotion. If a scene is handled with simplicity - and I don't mean simple - it'll be good, and the public will know it.
Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them.
I want to be an artist, an actress with integrity, and that includes all kinds of parts.
It was necessary, and the necessary was always possible.
Upon four-legged forest clouds the cowboy angel rides.
I think the truly natural things are dreams, which nature cannot touch with decay.
“I wish to eat," said Mowgli. "I am a stranger in this part of the jungle. Bring me food, or give me leave to hunt here.”
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
To a surrounded enemy, you must leave a way of escape.
Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
Well is it known that ambition can creep as well as soar.
The citizens of the United States may pay their last respects to this great American.
Violence has been Nicaragua's most important export to the world.
All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.
To love is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.