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Quite frankly, black folks have always been at the core of what it's meant to make this nation human. ”
I really appreciate the many neighbourhoods of Berkeley. There is still the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker. And it has the University of California, which is the greatest gift, to my mind, to be close to it. It keeps the place alive. ”
I really am at a place where I think we need to feed every child at school for free and feed them a real school lunch that's sustainable and nutritious and delicious. It needs to be part of the curriculum of the school in the same way that physical education was part of the curriculum, and all children participated. ”
I see myself in all the people in the world who are suffering and who are very badly treated and who are often made to feel that they have no place on this Earth. ”
Once you feel loved by the universe, you're already accepted, and you're not really concerned about offending people. ”
I realized I was a country person - I'm just not used to small spaces. ”
I don't call myself a Buddhist. I'm a free spirit. I believe I'm here on earth to admire and enjoy it; that's my religion. ”
Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book, If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for. ”
The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men. ”
As far as a glass ceiling, I feel that all you can do is give it your absolute best with whatever gifts the universe has given you. And if you make it in some way that other people can recognize, that's fine. But even if you don't quote-unquote make it, you're fine if you've given it your whole heart and soul. ”