There is plenty of competition in a Glasser Quality School in that there is winning but no losing.
The bud stands for all things, even for those things that don't flower
It is necessary to reteach a thing its loveliness, to put a hand on its brow of the flower and retell it in words and in touch it is lovely until it flowers again from within, of self-blessing.
Go so deep into yourself, you speak for everyone.
Never mind. The self is the least of it. Let our scars fall in love.
The first step in the journey is to lose your way.
I will find that special person who is wrong for me in just the right way.
I grew up kind of rough, without very much. So, I just want to work as hard as I can so my kids won't have to go through what I did.
My grandfather had asked me many times whether I'd like to come to South Carolina with him. He wanted to introduce me to our people down there and I didn't want to go. In those days, the South was still a place where black kids were lynched. Something horrible could happen to you. I've had that feeling my whole life.
I like collaboration because, first of all, I'm good at writing lyrics. I don't know how to make beats. I don't play instruments. I'm not a good singer. So even when you see a solo album of mine, it's still a collaboration.
In terms of language, English is very dominant vis-Ã-vis African language. That in itself is a power relationship - between languages and communities - because the English language is a determinant of the ladder to achievement.