I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
Hip-hop is a way of life. It isn't a genre in truth in 'American Idol.'
I'd love to work more with the American Indians, my people.
It is money, money, money! Not ideas, not principles, but money that reigns supreme in American politics.
We're a staple in the American music culture. Like us or not, we're here to stay.
We incarcerate more African-American men today than were slaves in 1850.
I think there's a danger of a being typecast as the all-American mom forever.
For me, personally, I grew up watching American heroes and American movies and TV.
The American way is to not need help, but to help.
American politics is always an open competition.
Unfortunately, in American politics there are no standards for shame.
Lee was a born pedagogue, never happier than when his children were learning to do something the right way. It is a testament to Lee's affection and patience that his children did not rebel. In fact, they appear to have thrived.
I don’t think He bargains.” “Oh yes He does. I may not be religious but I know my Bible. My mother saw to that. He bargains all right. But He’s supposed to he just. If He wants belief He’d better provide some evidence.’ “That He exists?...
Residents of the squatter community of Christiana, Denmark, for example, have a Christmastide ritual where they dress in Santa suits, take toys from department stores and distribute them to children on the street, partly just so everyone can relish t...
Discipling our children is not about teaching them to behave in a way that won’t embarrass us. We’re working toward something much more important than that. We’re actually raising our children with a view toward leading them to trust and to fol...
Some people are trapped by the belief that love comes in finite quantities, and that our kind of love exhausts the supply upon which they need to draw. I do not accept competitive models of love, only additive ones.
He knew why he and the other children received ice cream only when newspaper photographers came to visit, and why food and clothing donated for the children got furtively resold outside the orphanage gate.
Establishing dominance early in the relationship is key. Vampire children are like human children in that they can sense weakness. They will wait for you to be busy or too distracted to realize that you’ve given them permission to feed on the pizza...
Whatever beginning goals you set for yourself, following through on them will build momentum and a sense of achievement and those small success will point the way to bigger ones
We as authors sign a pact with our readers; they'll go on reading because they trust us to play fair with them and deliver what we've promised.
An equation: 40,000 dead young men = 3,000 tons of bone and flesh, 124,000 pounds of brain matter, 50,000 gallons of blood, 1,840,000 years of life that will never be lived, 100,000 children that will never be born (the last we can afford: there are ...
