Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.
I don't see myself as some television star, I see myself as a girl from Albany.
Jesus was a white man, too. Its like we have, hes a historical figure thats a verifiable fact, as is Santa, I just want kids to know that. How do you revise it in the middle of the legacy in the story and change Santa from white to black?
The American public overwhelmingly regrets ObamaCare, our veterans are dying waiting to see doctors, the IRS intimidates conservative groups, the southern border is compared to a sieve and the president assures us not to worry - smiling, golfing and at this very moment partying. . . Because the fundraising never stops - not when four Americans die in Benghazi, and not when Baghdad is at the brink.
If you're wearing a pair of shoes that's a little flashy, then it's important not to be flashy up top and vice versa.
Somebody saying something offensive to you, or insulting to you, is not pleasant, but it's part of life. And my belief is we need to shore ourselves up, and our kids up and our younger generation up to understand how to deal with that unpleasant reality, because we won't always be there to protect them. And you know, I for one want my own kids to know how to handle that.
Im a soulless lawyer. Give me any opinion and I can argue it.
In all my novels, I deal with the many problems and prejudices which exist for Black people in Britain today.
If a man has done evil in his life, he must not be complimented in marble.
A town is saved, not more by the righteous men in it, than by the woods and swamps that surround it.
It would be really worrying if, as a Darwinian, it was impossible to think of ways in which our behavior could be explained.