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As human beings we're so cynical, so uncompassionate. ”
It was probably right after I made my comeback - after retiring post-2008 Olympics - when I finally felt more at ease with my body. Being away from the sport helped put things in perspective. ”
I know that people will remember me as Miss Universe because it was my first great achievement, but I still have my whole career ahead of me. ”
I find myself to be truly primal and passionate. Everything I do comes from a primal place. ”
I don't think even when you find a person, you can be completely honest, ever. There's still pieces of you that you don't give away. I do believe you always need that place where it's just you, your thoughts, no one else's judgment or anything. ”
If I want to be alone, some place I can write, I can read, I can pray, I can cry, I can do whatever I want - I go to the bathroom. ”
I've always been strong-minded, but I wonder. ”
Stevie Wonder's records introduced me to '70s soul when I was 12 or 13. ”
This country was created from stolen land and stolen labor. And from a moral perspective, but also from a practical one, everybody knows that when you steal, you're always looking over your shoulder because you know that somebody may steal it back. ”
We are clear that all lives matter, but we live in a world where that's not actually happening in practice. So if we want to get to the place where all lives matter, then we have to make sure that black lives matter, too. ”