The gap in education in this country, the unfairness of the schools, is one of the great unfairness in this society.

Gov. Jeb Bush and the Florida Legislature's strong commitment to increase access to Advanced Placement courses continues to pay off.

It is our hope that the AP program can serve as an anchor for increasing rigor in our schools. Rigor can be maintained while increasing student participation.

That's the value of a college education... I don't know anywhere in the world where you can make an investment and make that kind of return.

The number of students participating in A.P. has more than doubled in 10 years, and today almost 15,000 U.S. schools offer A.P. courses.

Devotion to goal, knowing your purpose and calling helps you go through pain, hindrance and crisis

It may be conceit, but I believe the subject will interest the public, and I am sure that the views are original.

I barely notice colors unless I taste them. Not the yellows or the greens. I taste the deeper blues. The darker reds.

Christians might say that you can't live a more meaningful life without Jesus. Well, that's absolutely not true. You can. You can enjoy a sunrise whether you know Jesus or not.

My life has been happy because I have had wonderful friends and plenty of interesting work to do.

What, exactly, is the happiness that can be earned by turning away from reality?

So much of the world and the systems that we live within are made to keep us from feeling like we're free. The way that black women in American came to be is just diametrically opposed to being free.

All songwriters are links in a chain.

I wear my heart on my sleeve. I wear my liver on my pant leg.

When heroes fall from the sky, many more will learn to fly.