The United Nations, whose membership comprises almost all the states in the world, is founded on the principle of the equal worth of every human being.
The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone.
If I look at it, it's about being able to get lost in New York, to explore the city, to have more personal stories about New York, although some could also take place in Paris.
I love that feeling of being in love, the effect of having butterflies when you wake up in the morning. That is special.
I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.
There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
Some critics will write 'Maya Angelou is a natural writer' - which is right after being a natural heart surgeon.
So don't think in reality I am a singer, I think I am a human being that has sung always all her life, and has learned a little to sing, and has found herself in the middle of a career.
Mine are the deep-seated fears established when we are children, and they never quite go away: the fear of being helpless, the fear of being trapped, the fear of being out of control.
I adored my birth father and constantly worried that I was being disloyal to him and his schoolteacher roots if I spent too much time performing and enjoying it.
The thrill of being in front of a camera remains exactly the same.
Being a father, well, I don't know if this is a change, but it makes me want to get out of here faster. Get off the clock. Just 'cause the baby is my reason for living, my reason for coming to work.
Being away from her is torturous and I'd much prefer to be with her. So I just try to get out of here as soon as I can. I make sure I do my job real well and fast.
It's great being blonde - with such low expectations it's easy to impress.
There's nothing glamorous about being dead.