The World Motivation
We can revolutionize the attitude of inner city brown and black kids to learning. We need a civil rights movement within the African-American community.
“We can revolutionize the attitude of inner city brown and black kids to learning. We need a civil rights movement within the African-American community.”
We can revolutionize the attitude of inner city brown and black kids to learning. We need a civil rights movement within the African-American community.
I first learned that there were black people living in some place called other than the United States in the western hemisphere when I was a very little boy, and my father told me that when he was a boy about my age, he wanted to be an Episcopal priest, because he so admired his priest, a black man from someplace called Haiti.
In Ethiopia, the black people became Christians 1700 years ago, hundreds of years before Northern Europe turned to Christianity... And here, most of the saints are black.
Lincoln had a tremendous capacity for personal growth - more than any other American President.
I film quite a bit of footage, then edit. Changes before your eyes, things you can do and things you can't. My attitude is always 'let it keep rolling.'
Sid Vicious began the age of participation in which everyone could be the artist. Sid proved that you don't have to play well to be the star. You can play badly, or not even at all. I endorsed that attitude. If you can't write songs, no problem - simply steal one and change it to your taste.
The attitude of giving a full commitment to the partnership will usually result in getting the same commitment in return.
I have moments where I feel incredibly ugly or fat, and it sucks, you know? I'll usually try to keep a positive attitude because I'm really so grateful for where I am and the life I get to live, but I definitely have to work hard not to feel insecure.