There is no crime in anyone’s blood any more than there is goodness in the blood of others. Criminals are not born. They are made by hunger, want and injustice.

Become 'tested' in such a way that not a single word in this world can shake you up.

The thing about our choices is that after we have made them, they turn around and make us.

We once again see the painful reality of the spineless political intelligentsia

A mistake that a lot of us have made, related to those who advocate for gun safety legislation, is that we try to process it through our legislative bodies, and that's where the NRA's strength lies.

This world has few redeeming features, and one is the capacity for people to love one another with great, enduring passion.

In every project, I always look for the depth of humanity inside of it. I'm just trying to say if we can help in some way heal the equation with [Afro-Americans] what's going on with us as people.

A millstone and the human heart are driven ever round, If they have nothing else to grind, they must themselves be ground.

It was hard to figure out what were the good causes, the bad causes, even the good politics and the bad politics. So we started taking requests and figuring it out.

I realize that the strivings of the Polish people gave rise, and still do so, to the feelings of understanding and solidarity all over the world.

She smiled at him, with longing. 'Where do you live,' she asked, 'and how do I get there?