In elite, primarily white institutions, there are many blacks who have white wives. So much so that sometimes there is almost the assumption that I would be married to a white woman.

I will say go into the world and try to find good people that feel genuine affection and love for you, and disregard everything else about their background.

What people should do is explain to their friends, to their neighbors how they feel when they confront the word n - - and why they feel the way they feel.

I was born in Columbia in 1954, the year the Supreme Court invalidated racial segregation in public schools. I visited frequently but did not live there.

Any successful black person will have to face suspicion within his or her own community about his or her loyalty to other blacks.

If you want to put somebody down, analogize them to the n - - .

Seek first the kingdom of heaven WITHIN, whereby lies an abundance of treasures and resources that you need

People who live according to the way of the world always complain about their lives

I've played a lot of mothers in my movies.

I've not made a career of being physical in my movies, but I love sports. I'm a very physical guy.

Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change. Kindness that catches us by surprise brings out the best in our natures.

If we could wake each morning with no memory of living before we went to sleep, we might arrive at a faultless day.

My job is baseball. That's it. After, I'll talk to my country. I'm happy to do that.

I never claimed to be famous. Notorious I have always been.

We must reconcile ourselves to a season of failures and fragments.

I believe people run marathons every day of their lives in one way or another, and we need to remember to give ourselves the finishers' medals we deserve.