When a woman falls in love with something so much that she wants to wear it- it is at that point that it becomes fashion.
American public opinion is like an ocean, it cannot be stirred by a teaspoon.
We should have learnt by now that laws and court decisions can only point the way. They can establish criteria of right and wrong. And they can provide a basis for rooting out the evils of bigotry and racism. But they cannot wipe away centuries of oppression and injustice - however much we might desire it.
You can always debate about what you should have done. The question is what are you going to do?
What we need are critical lovers of America - patriots who express their faith in their country by working to improve it.
If I believe in something, I will fight for it, with all I have. But I do not demand all or nothing. I would rather get something than nothing.
The good old days were never that good, believe me. The good new days are today, and better days are coming tomorrow. Our greatest songs are still unsung.
When ignorance mobilizes, it's always the free minds it destroys first.
People write to me and say, 'I'm giving up, you're not talking to me. ' I just write them a simple message like, 'Never give up,' you know? And it changes their life.
I have no doubts that the Devil grins, As seas of ink I spatter. Ye gods, forgive my “literary” sins – The other kind don’t matter.
As a Polynesian, our gods are tied to water, so this means something special.