"Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach..."
"Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring."
"A day spent away from you is as good as a day not worth being alive. I miss you."
"The DC Universe Animated made for videos, which we do in cooperation with Warner Animation, are very intentionally scheduled at 3-4 a year, depending on whether or not there's a theatrical tent pole release in a given year, in which case we may choose to do four of them a year."
"I absolutely do not believe in the science of man-caused climate change."
"I have two little black boys. And a film like 'Do the Right Thing' can help illuminate the times for them with great storytelling."
"I think one of the best jobs in the universe must be being the editor of 'The New Yorker', but there are a number of magazines that I'd be excited to be the editor of. They would be 'Wired', 'The New Yorker' and probably, 'Vogue'."
"Given how majestically slim she always was, it's a little odd to admit that I can remember bellowing that Whitney Houston was The Heavyweight Champion of the World! on the MTV News floor back in the '90s."
"My earliest memory was watching my mother do her makeup. She was obsessed with beauty and collected makeup and experimented with it. I think it's a lot of young men and women's experiences, growing up: watching the ritual of what their mothers would do."
"I quite agree with you. The sun is not kind. God should use a rose amber spot."
"There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it."
"The goal of jiu-jitsu in self-defense isn't to take someone down to the ground - the goal in jiu-jitsu for self-defense is actually to be able to defend yourself on the ground, get up, and get away from an attacker. That's what the goal is."
"Open your mind before your mouth."
"A picture is worth a thousand words."
"One of the reasons I love to come to Paris is because the decorative arts are so refined that I am always walking through one proscenium into another frame."
"Probably some of the most miserable years of my life were grappling with some definition of what success was."
"will you be my valentine?"
"I don't actually believe in the genre of comedy. Sometimes when I watch comedies, I can't see the soul of the show. I want to be able to laugh and cry. That is where the magic is. I'm trying to get to that place."
"At one time, the Left had a monopoly not merely of the media and academia, but also of the world of policy think tanks."
"Just passing laws saying you are not allowed to be racist won't work. You need an educational system in place."
"For a long time, images of black men with big lips and a round head were used to make us feel inferior, but it doesn't need to be like that, we don't need to self'loathe. We can change the narrative."
"Love is not a weak, spineless emotion; it is a powerful moral force on the side of justice."
"What happens outside of the campaign is outside of my control."
"In African-American culture, there's often a family historian, someone who does the genealogy or keeps the family Bible. I became aware that might be one role the poet has."
"I do have a carry permit."
"Let your passion run wild, hunt together."
