"You may not be thinking about politics, but politics is thinking about you." ― Kerry Washington Topic(s): Food More From Kerry Washington "That’s what acting is – it’s about… having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters’ lives." "The breakdown of the black community, in order to maintain slavery, began with the breakdown of the black family. Men and women were not legally allowed to get married because you couldn’t have that kind of love. It might get in the way of the economics of slavery. Your children could be taken from you and literally sold down the river." "I think sometimes in life we want to ignore the problems of society and just think about the good. I believe in positive thinking and affirmative living, I also think it’s really important to remember all of our disenfranchised members of society." More In Food "I went from 118 pounds to 135 pounds in a few months. But, I still didn’t know anything about food."― Warren Cuccurullo "I probably had some impact, because everyone keeps telling me that I did. I like to feel like I’m coming out with something to try to make room for other young women to make their art."― Liz Phair "In addition to contributing to erosion, pollution, food poisoning, and the dead zone, corn requires huge amounts of fossil fuel – it takes a half gallon of fossil fuel to produce a bushel of corn."― Michael Pollan