Just as hope rings through laughter, it can also shine through tears.

Women been gittin' pregnant ever since Eve ate that apple.

I'm a positive thinker and actor. I look at a glass; a negative person sees the glass and says: too bad it's half empty... I look at the same glass and say: Hallelujah!! It's half full!!!

The truth is very important. No matter how negative it is, it is imperative that you learn the truth, not necessarily the facts. I mean, that, that can come, but facts can stand in front of the truth and almost obscure the truth. It is imperative that students learn the truth of our history.

The poetry you read has been written for you, each of you - black, white, Hispanic, man, woman, gay, straight.

This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.

The horizon leans forward, offering you space to place new steps of change.