If you need to conceal your true nature to get in the door, understand that you'll probably have to conceal your true nature to keep that job.
I got all A's and was hated for it; I spoke correctly and was called a punk.
Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.
Yoga is somewhat hard to quantify in terms of benefits because you see them in all the injuries you don't get.
More whites believe in ghosts than believe in racism.
You're never really cancer-free and I should have known that.
I don't really care who's doing drugs in the NBA as long as the scene isn't adversely affecting my team and teammates. I've known enough drug users-going as far back as grade school and the streets of New York-not to view them as pariahs or lost souls. I've certainly smoked more than my quota of weed.
I think Americans want to believe in this country again.
It is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others.
Body and soul. Two different things
It only takes one mistake,' the Dan Banyan guy says, 'and nothing else you ever do will matter. ' With his empty hand, he takes one of my hands. His fingers feel hot, fever-hot, and pounding with his heartbeats. He turns my hand palm-up saying, 'No matter how hard you work or how smart you become, you'll always be known for that one poor choice. ' He sets the blue pill on my palm, saying, 'Do that one wrong thing- and you'll be dead for the rest of your life.