There is a tendency to want to treat blacks as a monolithic socioeconomic group.

Crime, family dissolution, welfare, and low levels of social organization are fundamentally a consequence of the disappearance of work.

My research clearly reveals that if we want to put inner-city workers to work immediately, we just can't rely on the private sector. They don't want to touch them; they don't want to hire them.

There are many positive things to say about the black community. No question about it.

The middle class has just fallen further and further behind the rich.

Black employers are just as negative as the white employers concerning inner-city workers.

Prior to 1940, the affluent and the middle class began to converge, but after 1979, the economic gap between the middle class and affluent widened significantly.

Liberals were intimidated by the Reagan administration and did not want to appear naive by talking about programs that called for government support. I just said, 'The hell with that. I'm out there.'

Fairness isn’t getting what everyone else gets. Fairness is getting what you need.

Dying isn’t like living

All communication is a sign of failure. If everybody is pleased with the situation, then there is no need for communication.

Think, in mounting higher, the angels would press on us, and aspire to drop some golden orb of perfect song into our deep, dear silence.

Lasting change is a series of compromises.

The things I'm passionate about are beauty and fashion.

I plan for the future, but the only day I really worry about is the day I'm living right now.

I read "The Yoga Sutras" every day.And also the "The Bhagavad Gita." Those two books sit by my bed.

They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.

Sometimes in the midst of all your boy drama, you just need a cupcake.