I have spent far too many years trying to make everybody like me. It's not possible. People can say or think what they want.

If you have a busy natural foods store in your community, give their bulk cornmeal a try: high turnover means the product will most likely be fresh. And if the cornmeal is organic, all the better.

Sometimes you win by losing.

But since you're asking me, I'll tell you my opinion: all cornbread is authentic, as long as it's good, hot, and made with love and fresh ingredients.

Many of America's historical cornbreads were staple breads for people who didn't have many other options.

I tested a lot of old cornbread recipes and most of them were bland or tough.

That said, there are certainly still cooks out there who make fantastic historical cornbreads, though the old recipes have often been changed to include modern techniques and ingredients.

My mission in life is to try and get to a point where my insides world is not affected by the outside world.

I was...labelled as an advocate because...I measured something.

Most cornmeal producers dont tell you when their cornmeal was milled, which makes it difficult to know how long the product has been sitting in the store before you bought it.

When in doubt, throw it out.

Your time is way too valuable to be wasting on people that can't accept who you are.

Her heart broke. Because of sorrow. Because of guilt. Because of repressed dreams, visions and fantasies. Because almost nothing in her life had gone as she'd hoped.

Unfortunately, our history has abundant examples of patriotism being used to hurt those who express views in disagreement with that of the majority.

Because if you're gonna make someone choose, then you shouldn't be surprised when they don't choose you.

Certain of misfire, my heart threatens to stop.

We see God and the devil making fools of each other, and we nurture in ourselves the absolutely unshakable conviction that both of them are drunk.

I don't think I made any really big mistakes; it's just that I chose something difficult to do. Looking back, I suppose I should be grateful that I got as far as I got.

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not. Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.

I like stories of the classic hero, of good versus evil, the ones in which the good guys wear white and the bad guys wear black... and I love a good sword fight.

Most complaints, you know, aren't won or lost on their own merits, but rather on larger issues--politics and the position of the planets.