Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable.
I had always thought that the idea of love at first sight was one of those things invented by lady novelists from the South with three names.
My taste in watching things runs from dramas and low-budget films to high-end fantasy/science fiction.
We're looking to make sure things are fair, and we're always looking at ways to lower taxes for the middle class and raise them on the wealthiest one per cent.
The message is not so much that the worms will inherit the Earth, but that all things play a role in nature, even the lowly worm.
Amiri Baraka went to Howard. Lucille Clifton went to Howard. Ossie Davis went to Howard. And I was aware of that when I was there. Charles Drew went to Howard. Thurgood Marshall went to the law school. Being aware of that and having all of that brought to bear, again, it's one of those things that I can't really separate from my career as a writer.
Sometimes I wonder if I got lulled into not wanting things because I grew up black in this country.
Don't get diverted by trying to do things for your own advancement. In other words, don't be lured into responding to incentives.
I like to touch things. In my house I have a lot of velvet drapes and thick, lush couches.
I love to take things that are everyday and comforting and make them into the most luxurious things in the world.
Random things are luxurious to people. It's personal.
I have trouble with long-term things. I tend to get obsessed with stuff and then move on. Roles, songs, video games. That's why I was afraid of marriage. Because it was like a lifelong game of 'Madden.'
I don't like expensive things... I just can't help looking in a magazine for the splurge and the save.
When I was 16, I started publishing all kinds of things in school magazines.
Magic Johnson is one of the greatest players to ever play... he's the best point guard to ever play, so I can learn a lot of things from him.
It is not fair to think that when students transit through a K-12 system that is not preparing them for beyond, that somehow we are going to wave a magic wand and things are going to be perfect for them at the higher-ed level.
Actors and magicians are both performers, and they represent things that are not necessarily who they are.
Things are difficult for outsiders in the industry, and it is very evident, too. It does not mean that insiders have it easy or that it's impossible for outsiders to break in. More often than not, the difference is about how successes and failures are viewed and magnified.
Chasing the sensation. Whether it was drugs or sex or whatever. Those things had become my main focus in life.
I think I was programmed to do good things when I came into the majors. I knew how to play.
