I thought we were gonna get "Smooth Operator. " That song was big in the '90s.
Old folks are the nation.
The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible
Words are to be taken seriously. I try to take seriously acts of language. Words set things in motion. I've seen them doing it. Words set up atmospheres, electrical fields, charges.
Revolution begins with the self, in the self. . . . We'd better take the time to fashion revolutionary selves, revolutionary lives, revolutionary relationships. Mouth don't win the war.
TAKE HEART TO FLAT OUT DECIDE TO BE WELL AND STRIDE INTO THE FUTURE, SANE AND WHOLE
Writing is a legitimate way, an important way, to participate in the empowerment of the community that names me.
Who would prefer peace to the glory of hunger and thirst, of wading through mud, and dying in the service of one's country?
He laughed. I suddenly wanted to laugh, to laugh with him, to sit here, or maybe outside in the rain, and just laugh with him. But I couldn’t. I couldn’t even smile.
If you want to photograph a man spinning, give some thought to why he spins. Understanding for a photographer is as important as the equipment he uses.
If cattle and horses, or lions, had hands. . .