What teenagers are ready to laugh at is the misery of other people.

Like comedy, horror has an ability to provoke thought and further the conversation on real social issues in a very powerful way.

Sometimes blessings come in strange packages.

I look at racism as one of the social demons. And, in its worst, it's violent and it's a systemic commitment to oppression.

The conversation about race is inevitable. It's one that people know that we have to have and continue to have.

A greater truth that I think we are faced with on a day-to-day basis as minorities is: We are the color of skin first and people second.

How we act with each other really reveals our most animal instincts.

I can fathom anything, man. I love biting off more than I can chew and figuring it out.

[ When I met Barack Obama] He says, I do a pretty good me myself - he said something like that. But he's - he is a close talker. He's a touchy guy.

I just think racism is within each and every one of us. It's everyone's responsibility to figure out how they deal with this kind of obsolete instinct.

I think that human beings are the most awful monster we have ever seen.

A legacy is not what is recorded in history books or repeated in song, but what is woven into the souls of those who remain.

We hope to receive what we long for.

The man who makes no mistakes lacks boldness and the spirit of adventure. He never tries anything new. He is a brake on the wheels of progress.

From the viewpoint of analytic psychology, the theatre, aside from any aesthetic value, may be considered as an institution for the treatment of the mass complex.

It's good to see you," Said Haru. "You can see me?" asked Marcus, patting himself in sudden shock."The potion must have worn off! That's the last time I give my lunch to a talking squirrel". P12

In Christ we become God's sons, man's servants and the devil's masters.

It's... time to introduce scholarship programs that give students a choice, especially those who are locked into low-performing schools.

I compose music because I must give expression to my feelings, just as I talk because I must give utterance to my thoughts.

You need to feel that you're making a difference.

If people are going to do things which have certain consequences that they would rather avoid, they should do whatever they need to avoid the consequences.