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The hard part about writing about a guy like John Brown is that he was so serious, and his cause was so serious, that most of what's been written about him is really serious and, in my opinion, a little bit boring.

I want survivors to know that healing is possible.

Africa’s hopeful transformation lies in entrepreneurship

Nicknames are baseball, names like Zeke and Pie and Kiki and Home Run and Cracker and Dizzy and Dazzy.

Au début, la douleur était atroce, puis elle s'est dissipée. La douleur était comme un mur que j'avais franchi, passant de l'autre côté.

Just as we demand that our governments address risks associated with terrorism or epidemics, we should put concerted pressure on them to act now to preserve our natural environment and curb climate change.

There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose.

If one does not develop, one goes down. In life, in ordinary conditions everything goes down, or one capacity may develop at the expense of another.

We stitch together our days and edit out our nights.

In neighborhoods without a usable park or playground, the incidence of childhood obesity increases by 29 percent.

I have been chastised by a president, I have antagonized and angered presidents, and I have taken on my own leadership.

I learned from my mom to always keep pushing yourself.

Never speak to an invalid from behind, nor from the door, nor from any distance from him, nor when he is doing anything. The official politeness of servants in these things is so grateful to invalids, that many prefer, without knowing why, having none but servants about them.

Certain people are like 'Oh, here come the Feminazis!' You end up acting 10 times nicer than you even need to be, to be the opposite of the stereotype like 'You're the man haters!' We're always bending over backwards being extra nice. And I don't know if being nice is my legacy.

With George Bush's policies, I could make an argument for how they affect black people in a negative way. You know what I mean? But I wouldn't argue that he's a white supremacist.

I do not diminish the incredible symbolic importance of a black man getting elected president. But my euphoria was a smart guy getting elected president. Maybe for the first time in my lifetime we had elected one of the thousand smartest Americans president.

I'm happy with the Arena Football League right now. I'm happy in Denver.

War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.

I think more dating stuff is scheduling. It's needing people who understand your work schedule.

I had been a kid that moved so much, I didn't have a lot of friends. Theater really represented camaraderie.