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'm trying to make order out of chaos, trying to find some way of rationalising the horrific things that people do or the way the world is.

The 'Cheetah Generation' refers to the new and angry generation of young African graduates and professionals, who look at African issues and problems from a totally different and unique perspective.

I feared disappointing my father more than anything in the world.

The World War I, I'm a child of World War I. And I really know about the children of war. Because both my parents were both badly damaged by the war. My father, physically, and both mentally and emotionally. So, I know exactly what it's like to be brought up in an atmosphere of a continual harping on the war.

I would consider a half hour sitcom if the script was good.

Technologists come at a problem from the point of view that the system is working a certain way, and if I engage in that system and actually change the rules of the system, I can make it work a different way.

When people are worried about the future, they don't take trips to Hawaii.

At the dinner table if you cant think of anything to say sit quietly. Dont throw rolls or chew on your napkin.

The fact that were all different is the one thing we all have in common.

More than 40 percent of the electricity we generated in the Carolinas in 2015 was from carbon-free sources.

If I seem to boast more than is becoming my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.

In the presence of the storm thunderbolts hurricane rain darkness and the lions which might be concealed but a few paces away he felt disarmed and helpless.

I think for a couple of years I was believing that I was doing it all on my own and I wasn't.

I waged war against my feelings.

It is all about rehab. Most doctors can make you 100 percent well physically. I would tell you that it is 25 percent about the surgery and 75 percent about the rehab.

Some of the authorities would like to remove rhythmic gymnastics from the list of Olympic sports and turn it into art. I think this would be wrong, as rhythmic gymnastics is a true sport - we train around six hours per day and sometimes spend entire days in the gym.

When you make a TV show, they always say you're a guest in someone's home. Online, you're a guest in someone's face. So that's why I try to make it sound and look and feel very inviting and attractive, because I know that I'm in your face.

If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can't deny a kind of respect for the great criminal.

Ali helped raise black people in this country out of mental slavery. The entire experience of being black changed for millions of people because of Ali.

I didn't want to start relying on what someone else thought was right. It was easier to go away all together.

Even if producing CO2 was good for the environment, given that we're going to run out of hydrocarbons, we need to find some sustainable means of operating.

Establishing goals is all right if you dont let them deprive you of interesting detours.

Well, it was one of my most gratifying experiences because I could devote my knowledge and my talent for the good for the City of Washington, and all the Federal projects where the Fine Arts Commission had jurisdiction, and it was a tremendous experience.

One thing people would be surprised about is that although hard rock and heavy metal are without question 90% of what I listen to and my passion, there are other things I enjoy. My first ever favorite band in my life before KISS was a power-pop band called The Raspberries.