Quote of the Day (Kerry Washington, on Race and Limitations)

“I don't want to not be African. The goal is to live in a world where my race doesn’t limit my access, where I can see myself represented in the highest level of society without any limitation." —Actress Kerry Washington, on preferring not to live in a color-blind world, quoted in “Kerry Washington: I Choose to Feel Optimistic, Because I Couldn't Get Out of Bed Otherwise,” In Style, September 2016

Quote of the Day (Kerry Washington, on Why She Must ‘Choose to Feel Optimistic’)

"I choose to feel optimistic, because I don’t think I could get out of bed if I didn’t.”—Actress Kerry Washington, on social change, quoted in “Kerry Washington: I Choose to Feel Optimistic, Because I Couldn't Get Out of Bed Otherwise,” In Style, September 2016

Quote of the Day (Kerry Washington, on ‘The Story That You Were Meant to Tell’)

“You and you alone are the only person that can live the life that writes the story that you were meant to tell. And the world needs your story because the world needs your voice.”—Scandal actress Kerry Washington, quoted in Vi-Ann Nguyen, “Best Quotes from Kerry Washington's and Stephen Colbert's Graduation Speeches,” Parade, May 20, 2013