Noting that Huckleberry Finn was originally both valued and reviled because it shows the reader that the accepted moral code and social hierarchy is not always correct.

This is a much more fitting interpretation of the book than its modern interpretation.

Noting that Huckleberry Finn was originally both valued and reviled because it shows the reader that the accepted moral code and social hierarchy is not always correct.

Use of the word; the word itself was not printed.

I've been singing since I could talk, pretty much. My dad was really musical and taught me how to sing harmonies and got me a karaoke machine with tape decks.

I'll probably be 80 years old and still performing. Music is like fashion, it changes. But some things will always be the same.

Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.

I have a lot of amazing women, you know, women in my life who have been an example for me of what not to do.

The moons a powerful mistress. She can reach through any wall or covering and work her wicked charms.

I've always seen first responders as unsung heroes and very special people because, when everyone else is running away from danger, they run into it.

I've always loved the idea of playing Black Adam.

It's so funny because no matter what you say, fans only read and hear what they want.

I'm a horrible perfectionist and very highly strung. That's why I do yoga: to unwind.

I tell my staff, 'Give me your best, and then go home and live your life.' I've never asked anyone to work harder, but I've told plenty that they needed rest.

As one who participated in all the wars of the state of Israel, I saw the horror of wars. I saw the fear of wars. I saw my best friends being killed in battles. I was seriously injured twice.

I would say I started rapping because my friends were doin' it.

I like hair each and every way. I like to give scalp massages - to pull and tug on it. But my favorite style is long, real hair in a dusty blonde-brown color.

In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.

It's not how many hours you put in with a client or on a project. It's the quantity and quality of your energy - your focus and force - that determine whether that time is valuable.

Now, as always, the most automated appliance in a household is the mother.

I watch a lot of television, for better or worse, and I am particularly interested in what Michael Moore brought up in 'Bowling for Columbine,' which is the idea that they're selling a narrative of fear.

People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.

There has always been a tendency to classify children almost as a distinct species.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks

I just want to go through Central Park and watch folks passing by. Spend the whole day watching people. I miss that.

Typically, in the cities there can be resistance to the gospel or just to Americans, or anybody that's Western. When you get back into the villages, the people are very welcoming. Then when you get into Muslim areas, it definitely gets a little more difficult.

I will deal with the politicians in a political way and with the nonpoliticians in a nonpolitical way.

Most couples have not had hundreds of arguments theyve had the same argument hundreds of times.