Irony and pity are two good counselors: one, in smiling, makes life pleasurable; the other, who cries, makes it sacred.
When I was in college there was a girls' flag football league. The girls were extremely aggressive.
This being Black History Month, I would like to ask people to celebrate the similarities and not focus on the differences between people of color and not of color.
We talk about freedoms for African-Americans but unless you have more than one option politically, how free are you?
I was not a very good football player when I started out.
I took several years of dance lessons that included ballet, tap and jazz. They helped a great deal with body control, balance, a sense of rhythm, and timing.
Sports and entertainment have always been windows of opportunity for African Americans, when other doors were closed.
I'm a guitarist by background. That's what I used to do for sessions when I was younger and that sort of thing. We have several pianos in the house and I tend to just sit and fiddle around.
In political life, dissatisfaction is remedied, or at least combated, through action. For as long as you are not totally satisfied, you remain active and keep going. In literary life, at some point you have to stop and allow others to read what you have written. I find that difficult. I am probably too proud. In any case, that is why I have never published anything. But I do plan to do so one day.
I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.
Christianity is the only true and perfect religion; and. . . in proportion as mankind adopt its principles and obey its precepts, they will be wise and happy.