To Howard Goodkin, for the immense work he did in his short life so Hispanic children can stand tall and proud.

Hell is a place reserved for people who want their enemies to rot in Hell for sinning against them. Heaven is a place of amnesty

To be a great man think like them and behave like them but do not repeat their mistakes

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

My policy on cake is pro having it and pro eating it.

I was raised by my father; I was daddy's girl.

Most African Americans, especially the men and women from my generation, would accept the nationalist gambit that says only European Americans can be racists, which is an interesting gambit.

It's one of those secrets that's embarrassing to acknowledge, but we do love our students.

Instead of judging people, we need to pray.

We're always going to be cherry-picking to make religion make sense. Especially in the modern context.

Everybody was in struggle, in the grind trying to make it.