“My grandparents were patriots who had to be urgent about the promise o...” — Laphonza Butler Quote

“My grandparents were patriots who had to be urgent about the promise of America for their eleven children. The promise that if they worked hard and played by the rules that their children would never have to see sharecropping as their destiny.”

“Thanks to the tireless work of President Biden and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, California will receive $600 million to help alleviate homelessness.”

“We have a responsibility to make sure civilians and children are never the targets of war and humanitarian assistance is never blocked.”

“With the Trump Administration proposing deep cuts in Medicaid that would take a toll on nursing home services, it will be absolutely vital to ensure that California positions itself to protect quality care for people.”

“We think that every Republican running for office has to make their intentions known to voters about where they stand on a woman's right to make her own health care decisions and Roe v. Wade.”

“I think the success that I have is due to hard work and destiny. It is important to stay grounded and not take things for granted.”

“In my life, I am often reminded that there is a destiny that rules over us, because no one whom I know about or whom I read about seems to be completely happy during a long time.”

“In life, you're always going to have obstacles put in your path and I am a prime example of from when I was a little girl to where I am now, you control your own destiny.”

“I'm not somebody that thinks about destiny and fate, but I don't walk away from it when something unfolds.”

“When I first saw Destiny's Child, I was in the fifth grade, and it made me want to sing and make music, and there would be these freestyles on the radio for what seemed like hours; it was just so cool to me.”

“I think I didn't know whether I wanted to keep acting deep into my career. I kept trying to see if I would be able to do it well enough to make that part of my destiny or part of what I was supposed to do.”