Cynicism Is A Choice. Optimism Is A

Dreams Are Lovely. But They Are Just Dreams. Fleeting, Ephemeral, Pretty. But Dreams Do Not Come True Just Because You Dream Them. It's Hard Work That Makes Things Happen. It's Hard Work That Creates Change.

When You Help Make People Healthier, It Makes The Nation Healthier, It Makes The World Healthier, It Makes The Economy Healthier.

I'm A Black Woman Every Day, And I'm Not Confused About That. I'm Not Worried About That. I Don't Need To Have A Discussion With You About How I Feel As A Black Woman, Because I Don't Feel Disempowered As A Black Woman.

I Don't Know If Anyone Has Noticed But I Only Ever Write About One Thing: Being Alone. The Fear Of Being Alone, The Desire To Not Be Alone, The Attempts We Make To Find Our Person, To Keep Our Person, To Convince Our Person To Not Leave Us Alone, The Joy Of Being With Our Person And Thus No Longer Alone, The Devastation Of Being Left Alone. The Need To Hear The Words: You Are Not Alone.

Most Of The Women I Saw On Tv Didn't Seem Like People I Actually Knew. They Felt Like Ideas Of What Women Are.