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I believe the relationship you have with your government is not so different to a love relationship.

Everybody's looking for love, and you want to love somebody and be loved in return.

I defy any woman who is pregnant and trying to concentrate really hard not to feel distracted.

A nutritionist has told me to have very little butter and very little spices, but I can't live like that.

When you get a jean for a larger girl, you have to have them tailored for you. Tailoring is indeed everything.

Our minds do understand that people of all races find genuine love in many places. We dig that the world is full of amazing options.

I'm being all of me, and it feels stupendous. I don't want to leave this feeling.

Music shouldn't be a chore or feel like any kind of burden.

For me, hair is an accoutrement. Hair is jewelry. It's an accessory.

I love when I am around a veteran in [show] business. Because I can dig and ask questions, and find out the "who" and "what" of it all.

I need my man to be my homie.

My grill is intended to be discreet. It's there because I enjoy jewelry.

When Jett puts my face in his hands and tells me, 'Mommy you're so pretty' or smells me, it's so wonderful.

I've been enjoying playing with fashion - gold grills and diamond grills have just become a part of that.

I love foods that start in my cheeks and then vibrate up.

When I sing, I have to live in that moment, so my audience can feel that. That is my reason for doing art.

To be a queen of a household is a powerful thing.

I don't necessarily think of myself as a feminist, but I'm a whole person.

Beauty is an understanding of what you have, and it's forgiving yourself of what you don't have, and appreciating all of it.

I'm a world-class people watcher. I like to watch people's body movements, their expressions. It says so much about them.

I just think it's silly to be stingy with compliments. If you see someone and they strike you as beautiful in any way, why not let them know?

'Saturday Night Live' is a show that I think I could have a lot of fun on, just being different characters and maybe singing, too.

For a writer it's a dream to sit and watch people as close as possible.

I need to find creative diversity because if I get stuck, I get unhappy.

One day, I just got up to read a poem and started singing. I looked around - the reaction was great. And I said, 'Oh, boy. I like this.'

The highs, the lows, the peaks, the valleys, whatever, it's all going to go into the art, whether I'm singing or acting or whatever.

We all get angry and jealous sometimes, none of us is perfect, but we should not try to be different.

I always wanted to be a renaissance woman, do as many things as I possibly can and hopefully do them well or don't do them at all.

There are repercussions to everything, even advancement and success. And I think that the repercussions to my success was the loss of my marriage.

There are a lot of difficulties with people trying to conceive.

Seriously, in America there are more big, curvy girls than there are little girls, and men love us, too.

I've learned that friendship does not equate business, business does not equate friendship.

God is ever present. He's in every breath, in every step. He's here, always, always.

My heart and prayers go out to all single moms because it's tough, and I can't imagine any teenager dealing with a baby and all those hormones raging.

Sometimes, for principle, your gonna have to kick some ass.

I've always enjoyed shows like 'The X-Files,' where you're on the edge of your seat and you're so invested in these characters.

My intention is to make music that you can enjoy at all times.

I don't write on demand - I wait for inspiration to come.

I was conceived after doctors told my mother she'd never have children. I'm a miracle - we all are.

Nothing has gotten me out of Philadelphia. I moved 20 minutes away from Philly. That's about it.

You owe it to yourself to live beautifully. And I am.

When I get onstage, I automatically feel beautiful.

Just because you have a nightmare doesn't mean you stop dreaming.

One of the reasons my ex-husband and I broke up is that he stopped eating my food.

When I was 12, I wrote a list of things to do before I died. 'Own a Picasso' was one of those things.

Don't stop dreaming just because you had a nightmare.

Africa doesn't leap on you immediately; it seeps slowly, and it's incredibly important to be respectful and humble there.

I do want love. Genuine love.

You have to be humble when you're dealing with God.

That's what I enjoy most about my music - that it heals in its own time and makes us look at ourselves in its own time.

Everybody is supposed to be a part of their own community.

I'm not interested in being commodified. I'm not into being sold. I'm not a slave.

I like a man who smells good. Puts on cologne; lotions his body. It keeps me wanting. I like feeling that way.

People is, I think, it's their nature - some people's nature, in a way, to be angry or jealous or just spiteful about somebody else's blessings.

I could float in the pool for hours, just letting the water carry me.

All you ever really want is a great character and great writing. As an actor, that's the juiciest sandwich you could ever ask for.

African people worldwide are known to be welcoming and open-minded.

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

People think that lemon is good for the voice, but it dries it out.

All man-made religions are limited. I go my own way.

I think all any artist or person wants to do is grow spiritually, emotionally, professionally and mentally.

I'm a method actor as well as a method singer.

I'm sorry that 'Fringe' is gone. I really wanted to do more on that show. It was great!

It excites me when a person puts their whole self in a song or rhyme, or instrument. It fills me.

Just bc u loved and lost doesn't mean stop loving. If u have a nightmare, does it mean u stop dreaming?

A lot of the girls I grew up with were pregnant by the time they were 16. I just was lucky.

Once I started looking for a record deal, I had a trainer. And the trainer told me that I would never sell a record if I didn't lose weight.

If a woman is happy, then your society is happy.

I just think fashion is about enjoying yourself and being comfortable in your skin and allowing you to be you - all the way live.

If you can't help me grow, there's no point with you being in my life.

I have been training since 8th grade, but it has to do with listening, more than practice.

I am more spiritual than religious.

It's frustrating me - that booty is gonna sag at some point. And if you allow enough people to come inside your physical space, they leave traces.

I don't rhyme right now, but I may ten years from now.

I see myself being a great-grandmother at my great-grandson's graduation from a school that has my name on it.

Ain't nothing coming easily in this life. Sometimes you gotta work, you gotta grow and it gotta hurt ...

I have a few caftans just for lounging purposes. When I want to feel free, it's the closest thing to feeling naked without being naked.

I'm a girl who enjoys a great meal with great friends, so I'm not really that concerned about weight loss.

Soul music is about longevity and reaching and touching people on a human level - and that's never going to get lost.

My stepfather was a very nasty individual.