I dedicated myself to the game and never disrespected it.
Whatever lives is granted breath But by the grace and sufferance of Death.
The truth is. . . everything counts. Everything. Everything we do and everything we say. Everything helps or hurts; everything adds to or takes away from someone else.
There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call 'the breaks.
If I am going to be a poet at all, I am going to be POET and not NEGRO POET.
We shall not always plant while others reap
The key to all strange things is in thy heart. . . . My spirit has come home, that sailed the doubtful seas.
Recently, while I was in England, I saw a documentary on the BBC about the border between India and Pakistan at Wagah. When the border closes each evening around six o' clock, the soldiers on each side do these amazing high-stepping peacock march-offs (like a dance-off). The displays are almost identical on each side and thousands gather to watch them. Though they're patrolling along their separate borders, what comes across is how similar they are.
I don't really care how people read. I care if people read.
Just as established products and brands need updating to stay alive and vibrant, you periodically need to refresh or reinvent yourself.
In my vocabulary, the word "compromise" is synonymous to the word "life".