And they had nothing, except of course memories, their own, and those passed down by their mothers and mothers' mothers. A nation's memory.

I am starting to talk fast now, and I have to remember to slow down because when I get excited, I start to sound like myself and my American accent goes away.

Running and chanting, the word change in the air like it's something you can grab and put in your mouth and sink your teeth into.

Because we were not in our country, we could not use our own languages, and so when we spoke our voices came out bruised.

this place doesn't look like my America

That's what you do in America: you smile at people you don't know and you smile at people you don't even like and you smile for no reason.

You want Change, today we'll show you Change!Here's your democracy, your human rights, eat it, eat eat eat!

[Jesus Christ] used to have blue eyes but I painted them brown like mine and everybody’s, to make him normal.

...and the women spread their ntsaroz and sit on one side, the men on the other, like they are two different rivers that are not supposed to meet.

I am careful not to look anyone in the face because I don't want them to see the shame in my eyes, and I also don't want to see the laughter in theirs.

And so the spirits just gazed at us with eyes milked dry of care.

Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.

It's what we think we know that keeps us from learning.

You are born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges.

Each day brings a fresh opportunity for you to set the standard of how dedicated and committed you are to your needs, wants, goals, and relationships.

Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover.

Too often, we have failed to enforce international norms when it's inconvenient to do so.

It's important to know that if you are dealing with shadows.

The world of finance hails the invention of the wheel over and over again, often in a slightly more unstable version.

Tea Party to establishment from social conservative to libertarian, we all - what people want more than anything is they don't just want a fighter. They want someone who fights and wins.

I'm so used to being in a theater where there is always a narrative, but I'm more about the still moment, the painter inside me.