We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence but we cling desperately to our chains.
I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.
I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life.
The Constitution as originally drawn made no reference to the fact that all...
There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this...
If I could give my teenaged self any advice, it would be 'Calm down!'
I'd kill myself if I was as fat as Marilyn Monroe.
I progressed through so many different styles of music through my teen years...