We are all trying to make it the best way we know how, so when we look at each other as individuals and nations we should do so with compassion.

I knew that I was smart enough to learn. I knew that I could learn, if I could just go to school and not hear gunshots.

We are all trying to make it the best way we know how, so when we look at each other as individuals and nations we should do so with compassion.

I would not call it a difficult life, really. I just had a lot of challenges at a very young age.