Quotes about "Mindfulness & Presence"

Being a nerd is not about what you love; it's about the way you love it. ”

I think the idea that you know who your inner self is on a daily basis, because... you know. What's good for you 25 years ago may not be good for you now. So, to keep in touch with that, I think that's the first ingredient for success. Because if you're a successful human being, everything else is gravy, I think. ”

I'm fighting the label of 'Black' actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies. ”

Sitting at the table during Color Purple and looking up and suddenly realizing I was acting in front of Steven Spielberg, was pretty cool. It was pretty good. ”

An actress can only play a woman. I'm an actor, I can play anything. ”

A man is not primarily a witness against something. That is only incidental to the fact that he is a witness for something. ”

I personally can tell you that all my girlfriends - and many women I've spoken to - have this fear of being perceived as desperate or forward when they want to approach a man. It was always, 'He must text you first' - but why? ”

Being solicited on LinkedIn is a real thing that happens. ”

I always found it bizarre or strange that there was this unwritten set of rules around how a woman could interact with a man in terms of starting a conversation. While a man traditionally is always expected to make the first move, he risks rejection in a real way. ”

The most successful apps have taken a societal problem and built an accessible and democratic solution. ”