Born on July 8th

"I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants."

"The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down."

"That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you."

"I'm not an atheist. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me."

"I am as frustrated with society as a pyromaniac in a petrified forest."

"Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait."

"Harry S. Truman had his moods. His birthplace is the only tourist attraction in America where you don't see Japanese with cameras."

"A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he was a lawyer."

"I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants."

"The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down."

"The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 represented precisely such a hope - that America had learned from its past and acted to secure a better tomorrow."

"Valentine's Day itself, like most holidays in the modern era, has been heavily influenced by commercialism that focuses on the appeal of romantic fantasies."

"The Civil Rights Act of 1964 laid the foundation for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but it also addressed nearly every other aspect of daily life in a would-be free democratic society."

"Mainstream media's representation, or its guerrilla decontextualization, of black men's lives in particular can set the stage for erroneous assumptions capable of damaging an individual or a nation."

"The study of history empowers nations and individuals with an ability to avoid errors of the past and lay foundations for victories in the future."

"Varieties of angels, like varieties of love, are many."

"Movies can provide tear-inducing or comically-entertaining representations of love, but many agree that its deeper conflicting complexities often seem unfathomable."

"Classic romantic love is an emotional attraction between two individuals in which they may share a heightened awareness of mutual adoration. Erotic love, traditionally, has been described as shared sexual attraction."

"Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with specific cultural arts movements."

"Many people can rightfully claim, as much as anyone can rightfully claim anything, that much of their lives have been spent stumbling through a cloud of cluelessness."

"At some point, a flash of sustained clarity reveals the difference between what someone would have you believe is true, and what you know from the depths of your own heart to the peaks of your soul to be true. What happens after that is up to you."

"The political, social, and spiritual impact of the life example set by Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela might be measured in part by the profound and unique gestures made by people in different countries to honor his life upon learning of his death."

"Because Mr. Mandela's early opponents invested so many resources into distorting the true nature of his advocacy, the singular historic moment millions now celebrate could have been tragically lost to guerrilla decontextualization."

"A State can sue for negligence as well as fraud damages."

"As taxpayers, we pay our elected officials to serve the people and protect our state and our interests."

"Congress mandated that health care providers in emergency departments and ambulances provide emergency care to anyone in need, including the uninsured and underinsured."

"Health care providers, saving lives daily in our emergency rooms, live with federal mandates."

"The Supreme Court, in 2005, emphasized and contrasted the great power of Congress under the Commerce Clause to regulate interstate commerce versus much more limited federal power under the discarded Articles of Confederation."

"In the field of resilience & focus, we are not defined by the weight of our struggles, but by the strength we find when we rise."

"Like a lighthouse in the storm, your inner resolve must remain steady and bright. As a historical figure, this is the foundational truth I have observed."