A lot of middle-class black people think that the Democrats have nothing new to say about race, that their ideas read more

A lot of middle-class black people think that the Democrats have nothing new to say about race, that their ideas are bankrupt, and that the party basically takes their loyalty for granted, ... Then the Republicans start coming around - and we're like the lonely girl standing against the wall at a dance. Even if you know it's lip service, you feel receptive, just because somebody has bothered to come over and pay attention to you.

In a continent but recently settled, many parts of which have as yet little historical or cultural background, the material read more

In a continent but recently settled, many parts of which have as yet little historical or cultural background, the material for this volume has been gathered from a section that was one of the first to be colonized.

Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today.

Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today.

I've had women who move to the towns I'm living in, just pack up and move there, never even met read more

I've had women who move to the towns I'm living in, just pack up and move there, never even met 'em before, 'cause they heard I lived there.

Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than read more

Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than one thinks. On that narrow, hard, bare and dark space a lot of us spend their lives.

That was a good baseball game. I thought everything about that game was good.

That was a good baseball game. I thought everything about that game was good.

All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.

All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.

We believe in and are developing a broad-based equity plan so that all our people can participate in a stock-option read more

We believe in and are developing a broad-based equity plan so that all our people can participate in a stock-option program that will enable them to share in the growth potential of the company.

I wanted to tell a 'Rocky'-type story about a girl from the inner city who had the ability, talent and read more

I wanted to tell a 'Rocky'-type story about a girl from the inner city who had the ability, talent and intelligence to do this but didn't have the support or the resources or the belief this was something that was for her.