What would it take for you to acknowledge that race is an issue? Maybe you don't want to acknowledge that race is an issue.

Poverty, the racial divide and social injustice do not impact only those who suffer most visibly. Alleviating poverty and injustice is a responsibility we must never forget or abandon.

Progress rarely comes as a result of being passive.

This - the leadership of the mayor is crucial, because it is to the mayor that people will look to provide the vision, the energy, and the sense of confidence in the rebuilding and the recovery.

Money is not our primary aim. Changing the behavior and the practice of the gun industry is.

We must continue to have voting rights in the state, not to politicize this, but they must have a voice in the rebuilding effort in the community from which they have been displaced.

We stand ready to work together, where possible, in helping rebuild not only homes and businesses, but most importantly, lives of those who so desperately need our help.

A police officer wears a uniform. They're sworn to uphold the law. They're public servants. And they should not be above the law.

Because Katrina put it out there, no one can play the pretend game anymore that there isn't poverty and inequality in this country. The Millions More Movement - Katrina gives it added significance.

I don’t know who you are, but I want to let you know that I really care.

She knew what she was, but she wasn’t fully Unseelie. She was half human and that was the part that mattered the most.

He (Daedalus) would follow that bearing, the sun on his shoulders and the past slipping away.

America, not Keith Ellison, decides what book a congressman takes his oath on.

Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer. I'm very interested in studying cultures and social issues, but as an academic I don't think I would have been too successful.

Ambien might have mentally just tossed my salad. WITH CROUTONS.

The secret was a hole in the middle of me that every happy thing fell into.

I never pay attention, to no numbers, no views, comments ... I just try to keep on going, keep on living my life so I can continue to put out music that's real.

Film is my first love. It wasn't something I intended to fall in love with, but I grew to love it.