POLICE, n. An armed force for protection and participation.
I think, though, as African-American women, we are always trained to value our community even at the expense of ourselves, and so we attempt to protect the African-American community.
Well, of course it was a very trying time for me, and fortunately I had a lot of people who were supportive. A lot of people who were writing and calling and saying they were praying for me. Some people sent me Scripture, and that helped.
Whether we call it a job or a career, work is more than just something we do. It is a part of who we are.
The real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other.
My parents are older, and they lead a somewhat sheltered life. It was difficult to talk with them about things that were embarrassing to me, and that I had never spoken to them about
I became the messenger who had to be killed
Of course, I do not believe in having everyone who is a liberal called a communist, or everyone who is conservative called a fascist.
In twenty years' time I'll be eighty-three, just an old man with a stick moving like a sloth bear. While I'm alive, I am fully committed to autonomy, and I am the person who can persuade the Tibetan people to accept it.
In loving and serving, we prove that we have been created in the likeness of God, for God is Love and when we love we are like God.
Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north - wind's breath, And stars to set; but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!