A mother isn’t the person who births you; it’s the person who rears you and shows you love.

Individually, every grain of sand brushing against my hands represents a story, an experience, and a block for me to build upon for the next generation.

Globalization by the way of McDonald’s and KFC has captured the hearts, the minds, and from what I can see through the window, the growing bellies of the folks here.

Hip-hop...has been the proverbial key that's opened the door for me to roam this breathtaking planet.

I wish she'd said something different, but patriarchy is as prevalent around the world as racism and xenophobia are. We can't hide from it, not even here.

Foisting an identity on people rather than allowing them the freedom and space to create their own is shady.

The truth is usually left for us to hunt and gather independently, if we are so inclined.

Are Latino-Americans white? Black? Other? Illegal aliens from Mars? Or are we the very face of America?

I have never bought into the idea that blood is thicker than water. Love and respect are meant to be earned from our children, our spouses, our families, and our friends.

Support and encouragement are found in the most unlikely places.

If Aphrodite chills at home in Cyprus for most of the year, then Fez must be the goddess’s playground

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true

Better thinking out loud than suffocating from frustration. ("The upper lip must never tremble" )

With this idea, being a man with long experience of the sea (and they certainly have a great advantage over other men in any sort of task)...

I think bitcoins are obviously becoming more and more relevant.

I did a lot of acting at school and university, then I went to drama school. It was quite a normal route.

Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, the Creator of the Universe. That He governs it by His Providence. That He ought to be worshipped.

If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.

What you get is a living-what you give is a life.

Sometimes a person has to go back, really back-to have a sense, an understanding of all that's gone to make them-before they can go forward.

I was also very concerned about protecting my family.