Education helps one case cease being intimidated by strange situations.

When things were very bad his soul just crawled behind his heart and curled up and went to sleep

All of us knows, not what is expedient, not what is going to make us popular, not what the policy is, or the company policy - but in truth each of us knows what is the right thing to do. And that's how I am guided.

We are not just flesh and blood. And our hungers are not going to be set aside as just flesh and blood.

We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.

Poetry gave me back my voice.

The first thing I do in the morning when I awaken is say, 'Thank you, Lord!' I'm grateful to be alive, and I'm going to try to tell the truth as well as I know and tell it as eloquently as I can so that people can hear it.