What is translated from English and into English - and in what quantities - is a question of power.

If poverty was to be sold three cents today, i can't buy it.

Christianity and Western civilization-what countless crimes have been committed in thy name!

There is no way we can survive as a nation in the world without finding unity.

Life, struggle, even amidst pain and blood and poverty, seemed beautiful.

We can appreciate each other's languages. And the question of being uncomfortable about our languages would go away.

I'm more trying to connect; I'm more listening to people. Whatever I get is very meaningful to me.

What's good about writing is that when you write novels or fiction, people can see that the problems in one region are similar to problems in another region.

A person who acquires English has access to all the things that that language makes possible.

We think of politics in terms of power and who has the power. Politics is the end to which that power is put.

For me, being in prison writing in an African language was a way of saying: "Even if you put me in prison, I will keep on writing in the language which made you put me in prison."

God is not against money, He is against the money been used outside His purpose

Losing someone is like when the sun comes through a window, moving across the room with each hour, until night falls and all you can do is try to remember the soothing shapes it made.

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

Some actors are supposed to be very difficult, but I've not found that to be the situation.

A dark horse, which had never been thought of, rushed past the grandstand in sweeping triumph.

I was perfectly satisfied with the West Side of Chicago when I was in knickerbockers. I hope it was with me.

A general message to "everyone" on the planet would go something along the lines of, "Make Love, Not War."

My suspicion is that we're near a near-term low. The reality is the majority of the selling short-term is over with - the market doesn't want to go down.

I feel like war should occur only for the most vital and necessary reasons, and only then.

I have prevented my kids from watching MTV at home. It's not safe for kids.