A Most Beautiful Body Part

“My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.”

~ Shakira
a.k.a. Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer, Dancer, Philanthropist,
Entrepreneur, Founder – Pies Descalzos Foundation,
MTV Video Music Awards (5X),Grammy Awards (2X), Latin Grammy Awards (13X),
Billboard Music Awards (7X), Billboard Latin Music Awards (33X),
Hollywood Walk of Fame Star, Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year (2011),
Chevalier De L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2012)

Playing Dumb

“Intelligence is sexy. Don’t play dumb, especially young girls.
Don’t play dumb, and let people see that you are intelligent.”

~ Iman
a.k.a Iimaan Maxamed Cabdulmajii,
Fashion Super-Model, Actress,
Ethnic Cosmetics Pioneer & Entrepreneur

Truly Educated

“Intelligence plus character, that is the goal of true education.”

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Pastor, Activist & Humanitarian

Its Record of Failure

“Socialism in general has a record of failure
so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.”

~ Thomas Sowell,
Economist, Social Theorist, American Enterprise Institute Francis Boyer Award (1990),
National Association of Scholars Sydney Hook Award (1998), National Humanities Medal (2002),
Bradley Prize for Intellectual Achievement (2003), Laissez Faire Books’ Lysander Spooner Award (2004)
& getAbstract International Book Award (2008)

The Places in Which We Live

“No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral
well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward.”

~ Booker T. Washington,
Educator, Author, Orator & Advisor to Presidents

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A Man of Knowledge

“A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting.”

~ Carlos Castaneda,
Anthropologist

A Lot of Men Like Brainy Women

“There are a lot of men who like women with a brain.”

~ India Arie,
Singer, Songwriter, Actress, Musician, Record Producer, Co-Founder – Groovement EarthShare,
Grammy Award (4x), BET Award (2x) & NAACP Image Award (4x)

Beauty is Something, Not Everything

“Beauty is not everything!”

~ Chita Rivera,
a.k.a. Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero
Actress, Dancer & Singer,
Tony Awards (2x),
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009)
& Kennedy Center Honors Award (2002)

 

Be Unapologetic That We Excel

“I think we should be unapologetic that we excel –
and look beautiful while doing it.”

~ Tyra Lynne Banks,
Television Personality, Talk Show Host, Producer,
Author, Actress & Model

Do What We Can Do for Our Country

“My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you,
ask what you can do for your country.”

~ John F. Kennedy,
35th President of the United States (1961-1963)