New York is only 97 miles from Philadelphia but was the Big Time as no other American city has ever been.

Basically there is no difference between whites and blacks, browns and yellows. I decided to think no more of people as Northerners and Southerners.

Whenever I played Columbus, Ohio, I dropped in to see my close friend, a medium who had mysterious powers. Her Indian guide was Mohawk.

We are all gifted. That is our inheritance.

We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can.

I am somebody cause God don't make no junk

Many people know how to criticize, but few know how to praise.

Only those who are being burned know what fire is like.

Today or any day that phone may ring and bring good news.

There was one emotional outlet my people always had when they had the blues. That was singing.

All the men in my life have been two things: an epic and an epidemic.

Blessed are you, who faced many adversities. You will be strengthen and soften.

What is Poverty? A hateful good

One of the biggest lies that is currently being told in the USA workplace is on the legally required OSHA poster: All workers have the right to a safe workplace.

It can be a long gap between the emergence of fully researched historical biographies.

Celtic have scored in the 50th consecutive game in which they've managed to score

When you see what you're here for, the world begins to mirror your purpose in a magical way. It's almost as if you suddenly find yourself on a stage in a play that was written expressly for you.

I believe more in concrete spirituality rather than in a spirituality that is divided from the body and from nature.

Love knows no virtue, no merit; it loves and forgives and tolerates everything because it must. We are not guided by reason.

During the last campaign I knew what was happening. You know, they mocked me for my foreign policy and they laughed at my monetary policy. No more. No more.

I think part of my reputation has to do with the difficult roles I've played. Actors do tend to get identified with their characters.