It's not just the making of babies, but the making of mothers that midwives see as the miracle of birth.

Birth is about making mothers... strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength

Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers.

Seeing race is always about discriminating, a discerning, trained eye recognizing the "essential" or defining characteristic in the individual that confers racial categorization.

When you've learned to both see and not see the resemblance, then you see the uniqueness.

We have disagreements as to what race does and ought to mean, but we have a remarkable consensus on what it is, without any ability to define it technically.

Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers--strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength.

Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death.

Freedom of thoughts are more important than any other kind of freedom.

One who understands much displays a greater simplicity of character than one who understands little

Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Half effort does not produce half results. It produces no results. Work continuous work and hard work is the only way to accomplish results that last.

Let them hate me, so long as they fear me.

A date once leaned in to kiss me, and he ended up kissing my cheek. He was a little offended, but I didn't want to kiss him just to not hurt his feelings.

A strange alternative * * *Must women have a doctor or a dance?

You always want to get at-bats. You always want to contribute.

In schools where parent involvement is greater, you do have higher achievement levels and better functioning, better performing schools.

In THE WHISPERS, I played a father, with an amazingly talented actor, Kyle Breitkopf. I've played a dad a lot, so it's nice again to be in that world [in This Is Us].