Lisa Bonet quotes

Lisa Bonet is an American actress best known for her role as Denise Huxtable on "The Cosby Show" and its spin-off "A Different World." Her unique style and presence have made her a cultural icon in television and film. She continues to inspire audiences with her talent and individuality. Here are 32 of her quotes:

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

Lisa Bonet

My life is art. Its how I express God.

Lisa Bonet

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

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Having a mate has given me that feeling of safety.

Lisa Bonet

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

Lisa Bonet

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.

Lisa Bonet

I spent a lot of time feeling alienated and rejected.

Lisa Bonet

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.

Lisa Bonet

It's okay to be a freak.

Lisa Bonet

I work with youth offenders in LA, I've heard them speak and see how music manipulates them.

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

Lisa Bonet

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.

Lisa Bonet

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

Lisa Bonet

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

Lisa Bonet

Let those who know know, and let me keep what little privacy I can.

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

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Both of my parents would say they were atheists, so where I inherited my connection to God I don't know. But it's natural. No Bible, no Torah, just the love religion.

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My mother, brave woman, lost her whole family when she decided to marry a black man in the '60s. When the marriage fell apart, she had to come back to her family.

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I have a desire to create more film, more beauty, more art, more love, but I don't feel desperate. It's not about creating or building a career.

Lisa Bonet

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.

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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.

Lisa Bonet

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.

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