"The ego will never fail to strangle the love out of one's heart if we allow it to take center stage in our relationships. Transferring our trust to our hearts from our egos is a painful process in learning HOW to love. BUT… through it all… when we finally get to the place where we can give and receive love in its most pure state… ego free… it is only ever… beauty."

"Having the courage to be with all that we are, even in the face of the disappointment and the anger and resentment that comes with the breaking of the romantic idea around the feminine," she explained, "part of the freedom and part of the empowerment of women is being able to withstand that."

"so that's what I'm really playing with right now. And I love the juxtaposition of going from beauty to rough, the balance of both."

"You cannot make a cake with all sugar. In one lifetime, we've lived about 20...If I had to say what kind of art piece our union is, I would say it is a tapestry."

"I think everybody's life is their own work of art and then we have many pieces within it. I have a lot of ideas around marriage and I think it can be one of the most powerful dynamics."

"if we so CHOOSE to bond with someone from this space … we will erect monumental love and give birth to treasures."

"We mere mortal women are worthy simply because we exist!,"

"A man can CHOOSE to belong to someone. And if he does...he is considered noble. A woman is told she MUST belong to someone or...she is not worthy."

"If you really want to know, I'm thankful for the Hollywood scrutiny, that that's my problem. There are mothers out there losing their sons, their husbands, their daughters. I'm blessed. So scrutinize me. I'll take that any day over what the majority of my people are dealing with on a daily basis. I dare not complain."

"You gotta trust who you're with, and at the end of the day, I'm not here to be anybody's watcher. I'm not his watcher. He's a grown man. I trust that the man that Will is is a man of integrity. HE's got all the freedom in the world, and as long as Will can look at himself in the mirror and be OK, I'm good."

"I've always believed a woman's superpower is how deep she can love, you know? And one of the things growing up in Baltimore, I grew up around a lot of Black women that didn't have, necessarily, resources to give, right? But they had their strength and they had their love to offer."

"When you've walked through the darkness of your own heart and mind ... there is no shadow you fear."

"I really thought happiness had a lot to do with pleasure, and I realized that happiness is about peace."

"For every woman it's important that we recognize that we have the right to figure out what works for us personally. We don't have to do what everyone else is doing. If we are good, our family is going to be good."

"It's more of a life partnership… I don't own him. He doesn't own me. He has to be his own person first, and vice versa… Love is freedom."

"Keep busy. Put family first, but treat everybody like family. Save your money, but give the credit to a higher power."

"A little of this and a little of that and you mix it all together. But a whole lotta love has to go in it. If you don't have that, you have nothing at all."

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"She had compassion for those who called upon her with problems and fought tirelessly to protect the rights of those who were not able to fight alone. ... She played a major role in setting the direction and policy for the state of Alaska."

"She believed she raised her kids and put the bread on the table."

"Very tough, very shrewd. Ramona never really paid much attention to party except when she was running (for election)."

"She had the influence to do whatever she wanted to do."

"During her 20 years of service to the people of Alaska, Ramona received numerous awards for outstanding service. A conservative Republican, Ramona believed that as a society, we are responsible for taking care of those who cannot take care of themselves. Ramona made sure everyone she encountered was treated with fairness and dignity. When Ramona gave you her word, you could 'take it to the bank.' Her word was her bond."

"You have listened when I’ve taken positions that may have seemed surprising or disappointing."

"I want to continue listening and fighting the good fights. Please vote for me on November 8th."

"We may not always agree, but I will always listen."

"Thank you for supporting me while I’ve challenged the status quo and questioned legislation that, though well intended, could have unintended consequences."

"It is a great privilege to represent extremely thoughtful and informed individuals like you."

"Women are a neglected resource. They are not sufficiently recognized and their full potential is not often developed"

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"really believe that we’re entering a new mindset, where people understand what’s important, that our health is important, love is important, our family, being kind to one another. So there are a lot of treasures we can appreciate."

"work out, and I paint. I tell people to be creative and to think how to spend this time in a meaningful way – meaningful for ourselves and meaningful for our families."

"Awareness and education shape our tomorrow."

"You do good, you help others, and in the process you change the world, one good deed at a time."

"It is always possible to do good and be good."

"We need positive visions of how all this technology gets deployed, because what we visualize is what we build."

"Many people say they want to write a book but very few do it."

"And what we imagine becomes what we build."