Never let pride be your guiding principle. Let your accomplishments speak for you.
The trick to any profession is making it look easy.
Race seems to me to be less and less a subject worth discussing.
I try to keep my mind active. I'm a solitaire and puzzle addict. I exercise religiously. I don't do many things religiously and I've taken up golf to have something to do when I have nothing to do.
If you're not living on the edge then you're taking up a little too much space.
I can only be so long without work before I start getting antsy.