Americans are immensely popular in Paris; and this is not due solely to the fact that they spend lots of money there, for they spend just as much or more in London, and in the latter city they are merely tolerated because they do spend.

As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little aristocrat.

The battle was first waged over the right of the Negro to be classed as a human being with a soul; later, as to whether he had sufficient intellect to master even the rudiments of learning; and today it is being fought out over his social recognition.

...one of the best things about running is that no matter how fast you've run in the past, running fast in the future does not come easily or with any guarantees.

I had enjoyed life in Paris, and, taking all things into consideration, enjoyed it wholesomely.

And so for a couple of years my life was divided between my music and my school books.

It is strange how in some things honest people can be dishonest without the slightest compunction.