What I want to hear is he is alive, but they can't tell me that. He's worked in this mine read more

What I want to hear is he is alive, but they can't tell me that. He's worked in this mine for six years. He said that's the way he's gonna go -- in the mines.

For African American ideals, ""The Promised Land"" is not a land to be ""reclaimed"" after hundreds, or even thousands, of read more

For African American ideals, ""The Promised Land"" is not a land to be ""reclaimed"" after hundreds, or even thousands, of years, citing God as the real estate agent. The Promised Land doesn't echo the injustices of the past by, in part, replicating them upon others. The Promised Land is the creation of a just society with an appreciation for the diversity of all humanity and equality for all.

It was no wonder that people were so horrible when they started life as children.

It was no wonder that people were so horrible when they started life as children.

It is foolhardy to climb two trees at once just because one has two feet. - Ethiopia

It is foolhardy to climb two trees at once just because one has two feet. - Ethiopia

The testing went quite well with the new rules that add this extra weight. It makes the car a bit read more

The testing went quite well with the new rules that add this extra weight. It makes the car a bit more difficult and challenging for us. Because it was just testing, I'm curious to see how the car is and things are during the race with everyone out there.

We knew it would be months before we could go back.

We knew it would be months before we could go back.

The U.S. case is more important because of the economic implications. It (the U.K. ruling) is a nice psychological boost read more

The U.S. case is more important because of the economic implications. It (the U.K. ruling) is a nice psychological boost but you can't extrapolate the U.S. ruling from this because of the different legal standards.

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.

[Thompson made himself the centerpiece of his stories] to show that a regular person could be in the midst of read more

[Thompson made himself the centerpiece of his stories] to show that a regular person could be in the midst of the craziness of the time, ... He was our historian.