Quotes About Empowerment

If you always have a crutch, you don't learn anything.

Racism is here and will always exist, but we can't use it as a crutch.

If I want to put makeup on, then, cool, I'll do that. But it's not going to be my crutch.

If you're ever in a situation where you're not getting served or you can't get what you need, just cry.

I could sit around and cry about losing jobs because I'm not a TV star, or I could go and take something into my own hands and try to make it in this world, too.

I'm blessed with being quite secure - not necessarily about my looks, but if someone says, 'I don't like what you're wearing,' I am never going to go and cry about it. I think that does come with age, though.

My comedy is about, lift yourself. See reality. Change the reality if you don't like it. But if you can't, then deal with things as they are because crying about it isn't going to change anything.

When I was growing up, I wanted to see girls like me on television and in movies - strong girls who aren't crying over their relationships or whatever.

I'd like to see drag really cultivate its political roots.

I'm all about cultivating joy in your life.

Also, it was a cultural moment that wasn't being represented in terms of women who were successful and had choices they didn't have before. They needed a show that they can watch that they felt like represented them.

For me, disability is a physical experience, but it's also a cultural experience and a social experience, and for me, the word 'crip' is the one that best encapsulated all of that.

It's important that we challenge the culture of low expectations. You need to believe every child can do well.

Lipstick just makes me feel like I can't talk, like I am going to suffocate - like I've been locked in a cupboard and can't get out. I'm so aware of it.

You can't just give someone a creativity injection. You have to create an environment for curiosity and a way to encourage people and get the best out of them.

I've always been curious and taken many risks, but that is quite atypical for a woman. On the other hand, I think that's the only way to grow beyond yourself.

Find an issue that's important to you, and be as curious and close to it as possible.

It's really exciting to be a voice for girls with curls.

I don't even know how to explain the feeling that I get from being a curly girl. There's a whole new personality.

In a way, I feel my curly hair has got me a lot of attention, and I don't mind it.

I love my curly hair and I don't like straightening done at all.

I believe very deeply that the world would be a better place if it weren't run as it's currently run, which is by men.

I don't wish to curse anyone. I just feel bad when women, especially, try to sabotage the image of another woman.

Yes, I'm a 'curve' model, but to be completely honest, I feel like there should be no separate sections in fashion - there should just be one.