“The intellectual who wants to do her work properly must today go back ...” — Jacques Ellul Quote

The intellectual who wants to do her work properly must today go back to the starting point: the woman whom she knows, and first of all to herself. It is at that level, and at no other, that she ought to begin to think about the world situation.

The Holy Spirit alone can do this, the Holy Spirit alone can establish this link with one's neighbor.

Modern technology has become a total phenomenon for civilization, the defining force of a new social order in which efficiency is no longer an option but a necessity imposed on all human activity.

Prayer holds together the shattered fragments of the creation. It makes history possible.

Even when someone gets to looking like she should be so proud of herself, instead she's like, 'I could be another three pounds less; I could be a little taller and have bigger lips.'

A girl, whether in the industry or out of it, has to protect herself.

My mother, she's like, She can work on herself.

Madam Walker was a woman who transformed herself in a very American, rags-to-riches way.

My children love everything that sparkles. My boys just go with everything and make it their own, but my daughter is a little upset because she is 9 and I only go to 5, so sometimes she squeezes herself into a five, and she is trying to make that work because she wants to wear it, too.