I am tired with hyphenated Americans! We are not Indian-Americans, or African-Americans.
Life for my child is simple, and is good.
We don't ask a flower any special reason for its existence. We just look at it and are able to accept it as being something different from ourselves.
Don't let anyone call you a minority if you're black or Hispanic or belong to some other ethnic group. You're not less than anybody else.
We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond.
Do not desire to fit in. Desire to oblige yourselves to lead.
I believe we should all know each other, we human carriers of so many pleasurable differences. To not know is to doubt, to shrink from, sidestep or destroy.
Love is by far bigger than the government can ever be.
I think that that Davis Cup final made me much stronger mentally. And this preseason, I was working really hard. So today, I was really believing in myself that I can win the match anyway, that I'm going to five sets. That's so important, no, believe in yourself.
You write one book and you're ready for fame and fortune. I don't know that people are spending the time and attention on learning how to write-which takes years. Everybody sees the success stories.
A poet is not a public figure. A poet should be read and not seen.