Language and accents govern so much of how people think about other people.

I want to be in a position where I get to start off fresh. I don't have any preconceived notion of how I should feel.

I don't think things are getting more insane. I do know that the country is more divided than it's ever been. Tensions in America are at their peak.

There are many people out there who don't even think of themselves as being averse to facts, but the truth is, they are not getting it.

Now everyone has eyes, and now everyone has evidence. That's really changed how we tell the news and what we get from it.

I knew of like - I remember, for most of my life, I grew up, and "Knight Rider" was, you know - David Hasselhoff was a Dutch character in my world.

Living with my mom, I saw how she used language to cross boundaries, handle situations, navigate the world.

Smaller incidents in my life made me realize that language, even more than color, defines who you are to people.

I think all of us should seek help, and not help is in a - you know, help shouldn't be seen as a frightening thing. Help shouldn't be seen as a weak thing.

What the apartheid system was really good at doing was convincing groups to hate one another.

I became a chameleon. My color didn't change. But I could change your perception of my color.

I know that I cannot change the entire world, but I've always believed I can at least affect change in my world.

It's a pretty big shadow. It gives me lots of room to spread myself.

The ballplayer who loses his head, and who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all.

When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter - that's something.

When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing.

The Babe is one fellow, and I'm another and I could never be exactly like him. I don't try, I just go on as I am in my own right.

There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all.

When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed - that's the finest I know.