Do you have a favorite dialogue, lyric, quote or affirmation? Please share with us below.

Maddie Ballard | Actor & Musician

“Will all do respect, Lucius, I’m gonna do some driving”. If anyone knows what this is from, I love you. It’s from Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby with Will Ferrell. It was one of my favorite movies growing up. To give a little context, Will Ferrell plays a NASCAR driver named Ricky Bobby. Read more>>

Tradd Cotter | Mycologist, Microbiologist and Inventor

RHYTHM. MOMENTUM. CONSISTENCY. I keep these three words above my desk.
They are interrelated and useful, easy to understand, and get me focused every day. Read more>>

MARIANNE LAUREN | ACTOR, WRITER, ARTIST

“I am an artist. I am here to live out loud.” ⁓ Emile Zola Though I have many favorite quotes, this is the one I relate to the most. I love quotes for their brevity and potency. My appreciation for them inspired me to start my own collection, which I will present in my next book. Here’s a little taste: Read more>>

Eleanor Hammond | Songwriter

“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful. ” – Sigmund Freud. I know when I’m 70, and tired yet content artist who lived, I will laugh in joy at these years of my twenties, where all the mystery of what was to come was still ahead of me. Read more>>

Ori Baruch | Composer, Music Director and Educator.

When I was in high school, I read an interview with one of my favorite authors, the late Diana Wynne Jones, best known for her fantasy novel ‘Howl’s Moving Castle.’ In the interview, she mentioned that when she was younger, no one read her stories, so she made up her own. She wrote stories that she wanted to read herself.  Read more>>

Myeoshe’ Marie Edwards | Founder & Executive Director

Yes. My favorite quote is “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” by William Shakespeare. It means some people are born into power, others work for it and others are forced to accept their purpose. Read more>>

Anna Demaria | Actor & Singer

My current favorite quote is: “At the end of the day people won’t remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel” (Maya Angelou). This quote resonates with me deeply. As an overthinker, I often overanalyze conversations I’ve had and ruminate about what I could have done differently. Read more>>

JANET HALL | Founder & President

“THE PEOPLE WILL COME AND GO BUT THE VISION WILL ALAYS REMAIN RELEVANT”~SASSIE That simply means starting out you have people who say they are ride or die or SSSC for life, and then for whatever reason all of a sudden boom they are gone. Read more>>

Aalisha Sheth | Writer for TV and Film

“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” ― Anais Nin. Writing on most days is a very lonely process and can be extremely frustrating particularly if you’re critical of your own work. But, on the good days it also allows you the privilege of living many lives in one life and being multiple people in one body. Read more>>