“American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and ...” — James Baldwin Quote

“American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.”

“Whose little boy are you?”

“I want to be an honest man and a good writer.”

“I thought of the people before me who had looked down at the river and gone to sleep beneath it. I wondered about them. I wondered how they had done it--it, the physical act.”

“Men--not just babies like you, but old men, too--they always need a woman to tell them the truth.”

“Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.”

“I think the great irony of history will be that it was a secular billionaire from New York who turned out the be the most faith-friendly president in history.”

“Through grit and determination, the legendary Muhammad Ali made a lasting impact fighting for humanitarian rights and racial justice and I can think of no better way to close out Black History Month than by honoring his legacy.”

“History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.”

“The great Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, putting forward the development of sports as a matter that has an important bearing on the prosperity of the country and nation, indicated the road ahead of the Juche-based sports and wrote a new chapter in the history of building a sports power by dint of outstanding ideas and leadership.”

“What Britain needs is an iron lady.”

“I thought the Rousey match was the best major league debut in the history of wrestling. They did the right thing at the right time at the right pace and took people on a roller coaster ride. That, to me, was a pro wrestling match. I couldn't find fault with it, except I wish that Ronda had come out with her game face on when she did her entrance.”