Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Advocacy Quotes
AdvocacyGlobal AttentionInformationUrgency My first big mission for UNICEF in Ethiopia was just to attract attention, before it was too late, to conditions which threatened the whole country. My role was to inform the world, to make sure that the people of Ethiopia were not forgotten.
AdvocacyClimate ActionFameResponsibility It is hard sometimes to always be at the centre of attention, but when you talk about me you also have to talk about the climate.
AdvocacyDedicationPartnership I've been fighting with Acorn, alongside Acorn, on issues you care about, my entire career.
AdvocacyFirst AmendmentFreedom of ExpressionFreedom of SpeechLegal Defense So the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is out there preserving and fighting for, and sometimes winning and sometimes losing, the fight for First Amendment rights in comics and, more generally, for freedom of speech.
AdvocacyEmpowermentLeadershipResponsibility If I have a platform and a voice, I should use it for my people.
AdvocacyChildrenCommunityDown syndromeResponsibility I believe it is my responsibility to do what I can for children and people with Down syndrome as well as in my native Dominican Republic.
AdvocacySocial JusticeSpeaking Out I don't think there is a single social issue I haven't spoken on.
AdvocacyEmpowermentEqualityJusticeResistance It's always going to be a fight for anyone who isn't an older white man. I want to fight for anyone who doesn't have a fight.
AdvocacyIntolerancePoliticsReligious Tolerance In 2008, I spoke out against calling the president a Muslim as if that was a curse. And then in 2012, once again, I was very disturbed about some of the intolerance I was seeing in the party, so I made a statement saying there's a level of intolerance in some parts of the Republican Party. And there was, and I think there still is.
AdvocacyCommunityEducationIdentitySocial Justice In terms of my involvement in 'don't ask, don't tell' and marriage equality and anti-bullying and social emotional learning in schools - these are all things that arise out of my relationship with the world and with my fans.
AdvocacyPublic ServiceStrengthSupportWomen S Rights Those who have known the quality of my work and the many public statements I have made over the course of my life must know that I am a strong supporter of Women's Rights.
