Lisa Bonet Quotes

When I was 16 I was fortunate enough to get Cosby and move to New York and shift my whole life. that had been my dream all along, and it came true.

A group of us started a community center in Santa Monica. We've tried different programs, and three have worked really well. A poetry group. Once a week we visit Venice High and talk to girls at risk.

I was literally the black sheep of the family, and there were definitely moments of discomfort while my grandmother was working through her racism.

I'm a shy person. I don't know if it's in my DNA to share with the world.

Its from the deep waters that we come.
And we are heartfelt and treacherous like those waters.
We come with an unflinching devotion to the mystical and to God - representing life and embracing death.

We're getting ready to take over the world. My group of girlfriends - we're renegades.

Having Zoe saved my life. It was my wake-up call. There were so many things I didn't want to pass on to her.

Having a mate has given me that feeling of safety.

That industry expects you to prove yourself over and over again. Do I stay doing this, or do I raise my daughter and live surrounded by people who love me? Wasn't even really a choice.

I was obsessed with the Olympics. It's so exciting to see that level of excellence and endurance.

I'm part of an important movement that needs to happen.

Prisons are like the concentration camps of our time. So many go in and never come out, and primarily they're black and Latino.

Once a week we go to juvenile hall and talk to boys there. Just go and spend a day in the juvenile courts.

Everyone has their story. Everyone has issues. You have to face your fears.

It's from our sufferings that we form our consciousness.

I'm writing a film. With our access to these powerful media, we're going to take over, because it's really disgusting what is put out there now to be consumed.

What saddens me is the corruption of youth and beauty, and the loss of soul, which is only replaced by money.

An instructor once told me that when there's resistence in your body, it's only because of the resistence in your mind. It's about getting inside the pose. Being the breath.

I felt devalued and disrespected. The energy behind it felt disingenuous and motivated by corporate profit.

We use a Native American tradition of the talking stick. You sit and pass it around and whoever has the stick has to talk. Some people just hold it. Others really share.

The Cosby years were a major part of my life, but it is the past; I don't really concentrate on it.

Success made me self-sufficient, but it also took away my anonymity. I'm just this quiet nobody, and all of a sudden people are nervous around me. That was kind of weird.

I spent a lot of time feeling alienated and rejected.

I took solace in my relationship with God who, along with my dog, was my best friend growing up.