"A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills." - W. E. B. DuBois
"Mother always told me, if you tell a lie, always rehearse it. If it don't sound good to you, it won't sound good to no one else." - Leroy "Satchel" Paige
"Money and women. They're two of the strongest things in the world. The things you do for a woman you wouldn't do for anything else. Same with money." - Leroy "Satchel" Paige
"Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines." - Leroy "Satchel" Paige
“I know it seems hard sometimes but remember one thing. Through every dark night, theres a bright day after that. So no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out, keep ya head up.... and handle it.†-Tupac Shakur
“If we're all saying that rap is an artform then we gotta be more responsible for our lyrics. If you see everybody dying because of what you're saying, it don't matter that you didn't make them die, it just matters that you didn't save them.†-Tupac Shakur
As I see it, this country (America)--a land of the most persistent idealism and the blandest cynicsm--the race is on between the decadence and its vitality