Whites would rather not be involved in race matters, I think.

Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world.

Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade.

I remember being infuriated from the top of my head to the tip of my toes the first time a screen was put around Bob Carter and me on a train leaving Washington in the 1940s.

Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not be put down.

There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take us.

I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.

When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea

Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as overshadowing both.

King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.

All Southern state colleges and universities are open to black students.

Make a difference, change the game for the better, leave a legacy, be a guide that someone else can follow and make better, and then someone else will follow that and make that better.

Everything that makes man feel that mystery envelops him makes him more intelligent.

Birthday, Birthday, Birthday! Celebrate your day of birth, no matter the circumstances of your birth. Be thankful and joyful for the gift of life on this divine day.

I'm always so glad I have no idea what you're vacantly chatting about," said Jace. It fills me with a sense of peace and well-being.

To get something you must give something away. To hold something you must give something away. To love something you must give something away.

To make a squirrel look less uptight, put tiny sunglasses on it.

When people feel that something really special is happening on the stage, things change.

Theater is a dance of a different kind, a dance of rawness and characters stripped down.

Thomas Muller is not the best in the world. But he is the best in what he does

Not gifted with genius but honestly holding his experiences deep in his heart, he kept his simplicity and humanity.