was prepared to take risks for the peace process, risks to secure agreement and risks to implement it.

was prepared to take risks for the peace process, risks to secure agreement and risks to implement it.

If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.

If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.

We all feel responsible to listen to the other three, ... We go by consensus. If we all agree, we read more

We all feel responsible to listen to the other three, ... We go by consensus. If we all agree, we know it's good.

The experience has turned my writing from memoir to mentor.

The experience has turned my writing from memoir to mentor.

I have always fought for ideas -- until I learned that it isn't ideas but grief, struggle, and flashes of read more

I have always fought for ideas -- until I learned that it isn't ideas but grief, struggle, and flashes of vision which enlighten.

We make a lot of dumb mistakes. Just mental errors down the stretch. Turnovers. Just mental lapses that come back read more

We make a lot of dumb mistakes. Just mental errors down the stretch. Turnovers. Just mental lapses that come back and get us. ... Giving somebody an open 3-pointer. Not being in the right place on a play.

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.

Mary is already a winner, with a free trip to Las Vegas worth a few grand.

Mary is already a winner, with a free trip to Las Vegas worth a few grand.

But great individual talent isn't what wins games in the NBA. The guys have to all be on the same read more

But great individual talent isn't what wins games in the NBA. The guys have to all be on the same page to win. I'm not sure they had that last season.