"For me to know Aretha Franklin did the soundtrack, I loved it and did not have a problem with it. Of course in retrospect we know the audience was so hyper-devoted to the original and would have loved to hear us do an album or CD on it. It is what it is and I was very thrilled that Aretha did it, frankly."

"We have to especially in these times. We are all living in very hard times and they are particularly hard for people of color I really think it is important we have some dreams we aspire to. You have to set a goal where you want to go before you know where you’re going. I feel like we all are entitled to dream big and eventually one day they will happen."

"It was a project where all the elements aligned to create a classic and that’s what happens with quality projects. We don’t have a whole lot of quality projects made, especially for Black films."

"These brave women, known as monitrices, are in their communities every day fighting childhood malnutrition. CNP is doing tremendous work in Haiti and their monitrices should be examples for other organizations in the world doing similar work,”"

"I am proud of USTR’s accomplishments in opening markets,as well as its excellent record of enforcing our trade agreements. This Administration will leave behind an exceptionally strong, pro-trade organization that will support the new U.S. Trade Representative as he continues to build on those accomplishments."

"We have laid the groundwork for an ambitious and balanced multilateral agreement in the World Trade Organization’s Doha Round."

"The United States wants to keep secret the fact that this court issued a search warrant for Representative Perry’s phone,". “But the fact that this court issued a search warrant is already public knowledge."

"When I heard Jeb was running, I first thought, ‘Wow, I’m not sure I could go through anther campaign,’ but Jeb is so smart,” she said. “It’s almost harder for the people that love the candidate, rather than the candidate.”"

"At a really early age, I started to learn by watching that aptitude and access are two different things. My mom wasn’t dumb—she was smart, but she didn’t have access to things for most of her life. With a little bit of access to education, she changed her circumstances."

"Former President George W. Bush, was “very mindful” while in office.“He wouldn’t watch all of the talking heads tear him apart,"

"For me, politics is personal, because it’s my family, and just being aware of my thoughts — are my thoughts productive?”"

"I needed mindfulness because I come from a family that’s in the spotlight, and even though I’m not in the public eye all the time, it affects all of us, in good ways and in bad ways,”"

"That’s what my journey taught me, that I could do really meaningful things in a positive way—so that the ‘how’ it was done was maybe even more important than the ‘what’."

"One of the finest personalities doing marvellously well and helping this government with its policies and programs and ensuring they're making positive impacts in the media space is Mrs. Florence Oboshie Sai Cofie."

"All agencies of mass media shall at all times be free to uphold the principles and objectives of this constitution and shall uphold the responsibility and accountability of the government to the people of Ghana. We truly believe that in search for solutions for the challenges, the media must be prioritised. Indeed, you are to help with amplifying the vibrant voices of the public and help us to find a pathway that takes us to economic recovery,"

"When you do things with keen interest, things will go right for you"

"You have to make sure that you know what you are doing.You put yourself totally into what you are acting to convince people."

"Stage is real, it is live, it is different, if you want to do part of bush, you will have to cut trees and put it there."

"Style is what you sell and what you sell is what you learn and what you learn is what you earn and what you earn is what permits your social security."

"You need to stand on your feet and maintain your stand"

"You need to dress the way that you want people to address you."

"It is all about discipline. You need to be disciplined and to know the child of whom you are."

"Your acceptance by a large crowd of people, who most times you don’t even know, is a sign of how successful you are."

"If one is appreciated in one’s lifetime, one would know one is doing well and one would even strive to do better."

"Be nice to people on your way up because you might meet them on your way down. And in anything you do in life, never run after money."

"In her work, Onwueme has shown daring in her exploration of ideas even if they lead to subjects and themes which may seem taboo. Onwueme is eminently a political dramatist, for power affects every other aspect of society. She explores these themes with a dazzling array of images and proverbs. Her drama and theater are a feast of music, mime, proverbs, and story-telling...[thus] Onwueme consolidates her position among the leading dramatists from Africa."

"Internationally renowned for her award-winning plays, Dr. Tess Onwueme is the literary soul-mate of Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, and Ngugi wa Thiong’o. She is the first African woman dramatist to break into their ranks, so that What Mama Said, Tell it to Women, Shakara: Dance-Hall Queen, The Missing Face, The Desert Encroaches and the Reign of Wazobia become staples of international college and university curricular in the 21st century."

"Through the voices of women, Onwueme draws out universal themes of conflict. She uses the dramatic form to express an optimism for the future, for change and challenge to the repressive powers over people’s lives."

"Tess Onwueme's play is a spellbinding theatre work! It is written as if Dr. Onwueme is composing a symphonic work... Along with her other masterwork, The Missing Face [this drama] places Tess Onwueme in the ranks of Wole Soyinka, Athol Fugard, and Derek Walcott."

"Onwueme’s creative works continue to influence and generate significant interest around the world, as they are widely produced/staged, studied, taught, and written about in scholarly books, dissertations, theses, book chapters, journal articles, and international media. Onwueme’s works have a wide range of social, political, historical, cultural and environmental concerns of the masses in the global community today, with emphasis on women, youth in continental Africa and the Diaspora."

"People create social conditions and people can change them."

"Colours and light have always been a main source of inspiration for me and people and flowers (poppies and hibiscuses) have been the vehicle from which I derive my inspiration. The play of light on colour can be seen in almost anything but every now and then a particular glow from a particular light angle strikes at the primordial in us. For me, this is red and the many related pigment created by the action of the light through it. An example of this can be seen when light shines through whisky. I am interested in people’s history and would like to incorporate that in some way in my work, maybe through the relationship between the staff, owners and the produce."

"I was working as a freelance graphic artist but got married and had two children – meeting deadlines became very difficult. I was always drawing my sons and people asked me to do their children. I soon saw it was a way of earning money."

"Art was around us all the time, on walls, shops signs, in masquerades. I was always drawing or making things out of broken bits of wood and on my way home from school I used to paint signs for the small businesses, like barbers who wanted the different styles they did to be on show."

"I have always liked looking at people and trying to capture what I see so this was a huge challenge for me. I do try and take my paintings to an optimistic or celebratory level, wherever they start. Taking the positive elevates, and there are many positives to see if we really look."

"I love two flowers in particular, the hibiscus and the poppy, beautiful blooms that die very quickly. For me they reflect the beauty and transience of life."

"Whatever we do, we have to make an impact at scale. Otherwise, it's not worth doing," she says."

"The women really have to come out and do something."

"Society itself has not been moving well because you leave out half the population from decision making, or, those who make decision are making decisions for people that they do not appreciate their problem."

"Whether we like it or not, basically, we need the support, of your husband or the men, because this is a man’s world."

"The women need more support in Nigerian politics as politics is seen as a "Man's World.""

"If at all it’s true, I don’t see why they should refer to me as the president’s girl because there were six of the ladies in his cabinet. I was really tough in a man’s job and the chauvinistic environment was quite volatile, but I tried to hold firm."

"I is keen on implementing rules and requirements needed to ensure security in the workplace, which call for the swift identification of public servants."

"We must stop the process of degradation of our education and learning system. Intelligence is the key to success."

"Upon gaining independence a country always perceives education as an essential tool toward development, and one of the major aims of third world countries is to democratize or open up their education systems."

"However, the 2017 baccalaureate exams started in “excellent conditions” without “any leakage of subjects”."

"Just over 700,000 students will sit the high school certificate examinations over the next week, with results expected from 22 July."