At the heart of the problem is the fact that the United States is a racially divided nation where extreme racial inequalities continue to persist.

You can call it institutionalized racism or institutionalized inequality, but what I say is that any system that operates to maintain inequality is a corrupt system and must be addressed.

There is a difference between a job and the promise of jobs, there is a difference between economic development and the promise of economic development.

When you start peeling the onion and uncovering layers and layers of inequity that have been subsidized by government, it makes a lot of people uncomfortable.

You're only young once, but you can be immature forever

It seemed possible to me, in the dry heat of that courtroom, that heaven was a metaphor for the grace of perspective you get when you die

So if you have a grandma Thank the Good Lord up above And give Grandmama hugs and kisses For grandmothers are to love.

It's tragic from how far we've come from 'Hope and Change'.

If you can't pass the ball properly, a bowl of pasta's not going to make that much difference!

There's a lot of falses - out there and if I take up for myself, it's a bad thing. Sometimes you just got to live with it, but for the most part, I'm like look, I don't want no problems with nobody.

The ability to communicate is not something we are born with. We have to learn it and earn it.

Mothers are legendary for being able to read the thoughts of their children at just the right moment.

Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency, security, happiness, all, to get the book written.