Housing projects can seem like labyrinths to outsiders, as complicated and intimidating as a Moroccan bazaar. But we knew our way around.

Rap has been a path between cultures in the best tradition of popular music.

You could name practically any problem in the hood and there'd be a rap song for you.

A poet's mission is to make words do more work than they normally do, to make them work on more than one level.

How much you give is not counted by amount, but by fraction

Come on, planning a wedding, let's be honest, it's not fun. It's not fun being in a wedding.

If we want to produce people who share the values of a democratic culture, they must be taught those values and not be left to acquire them by chance.

You know," Kirk said finally, breaking the silence. "I see it. He is pretty hot.

The only international language in the world is a child's cry.

People always say congratulations. When you're a successful bidder it means you're willing to spend more money than anyone else. I'm not sure if that's congratulations or condolences.

Private ownership of land is the nether mill-stone. Material progress is the upper mill-stone. Between them, with an increasing pressure, the working classes are being ground.

May God bless you, and may God bless the United States of America.

You can give me no greater consolation nor render greater service to your neighbor than to place yourself in a condition to serve him for a long time