My job in Congress is to identify projects with federal or some other public component and then to push developers to provide employment opportunities to neighborhood residents.

We are the in midst of a bipartisan moment as it relates to criminal justice reform and dealing with mass incarceration in America which disproportionately impacts the African-American community.

The political process is rough and tumble by definition, and being grounded in faith in a Higher Power has proven helpful in navigating the difficult terrain.

Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.

I would encourage the people out in Chicago and all of us to continue to press for, that type of prosecutorial accountability.

Highly evolved people have their own conscience as pure law.

When we are true to ourselves, all that is toxic and burdensome simply falls away

I just want to be a man who has been to a concert with a girl in a red dress

My generation of young female writers discovered that we could dictate the form and content of our own fiction.

When I jumped off a roof in Cannes in a bee costume, I looked ridiculous. But this is my business; I have to humiliate myself.

A big element of what they regard as conformity is simply a desire to have an audience.

I'm an adventurer. I like invention, I like discovery.

Once you get on the playing field it's not about whether you're liked or not liked. All that matters is to play at a high level and do whatever it takes to help your team win. That's what it's about.

While wine may be only a drink, it is also one of the most complex sensory pleasures we enjoy. It is as cerebral as it is sensual, and it requires a lifetime to appreciate it.

One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.