I love New York. But how much should it cost to call New York home? Decades of out-of-control budgets, spending hikes, and relentless borrowing have made New York simply too expensive.
I realized the power of hip-hop. I realized how influential this music and this culture are.
It's funny how the hippies and the punks tried to get rid of the conservatives, but they always seem to get the upper hand in the end.
The greatest grand challenge for any scientist is discovering how to prevent the spread of HIV and finding the cure or an effective vaccine for AIDS.
Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action.
How can we protect homeland security unless the government stops the invasion of illegal aliens?
I learned how to sing in front of a lot of people and to hone my skills alongside some of the greatest performers of all time.
I'm still living at least five parallel lives, honestly! I wonder about it. I have no idea how that happens.
Honesty is not found in revealing the truth, but in understanding how deeply afraid of it we are. To become honest is in effect to become fully and robustly incarnated into powerlessness.
Every three months, I'll say, 'Honey, I think I should learn how to cook'.
When I did 'Boyz N The Hood', I never thought how we grew up in South Central was interesting enough for a movie.
It's tragic from how far we've come from 'Hope and Change'.
As I grow up, the lessons I learn in love and relationships and how we treat each other are hopefully maturing - hopefully.
I have had a lifelong fascination with horror movies, scary movies, how they work.
You don't need a pack of wild horses to learn how to make a sandwich.
I tried to hostess... but they fired me after four days because I couldn't figure out how seating plans worked.
I'm a pretty early riser, so I'm sort of the queen of five A.M. I love getting up early. It's how I've written most of my books - that hour and a half before my kids are up.
There have been times that I've wept as I've gone from city to city and I've seen how far people have wandered from God.
How many people here have telekenetic powers? Raise my hand.
How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract terms are the shadows they create to hide a vacuum.
