One reason I didn't trust my writing for so long was that I always considered myself a serious dramatic actor. But people would always laugh when I shared my writing with them. It took my husband to help me see that I really am part humorist.
A nation's youths shouldn't be sent off to die.
My stepmother wanted to be an actress.
Just staying together is not a real virtue, if you're not happy. Or you're being denied. Or one person is being squashed. Or you really don't love each other; you're just there out of habit. That doesn't work, no matter how many years you stay together.
We don't realize how much racism has tainted our self-image as human beings.
OK, boss, I don't mind shuffling, but I won't scratch my head.