NoLa Divine: The Feel Good Inktress: Ryan Leslie

"You can say that again!"

"Pursue the things you love doing, and do them so well that people can't take their eyes off you. All other tangible rewards will come as a result."

*Dr. Maya Angelou "we're so frustrated with the way we're represented as black folk in the mainstream, blah blah...is soljah boy louis armstrong? is zane toni morrison? nah, but thank god for all of them...our energy is better spent doing our work than complaining about how much crap there is out there. crap will always be with us... [but] so will really well done, beautifully crafted art. lets do our work." *Chantal James

"Show me a person not full of herself, and I'll show you a hungry person." *Nikki Giovanni

"I can't believe impossible things." said Alice. "I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." *Lewis Carroll, "Alice in Wonderland"