I think for folks of color, the key to combatting racism period is a) trusting their instincts and b) solidarity with one another. The system of... →
Tim Wise
As an athlete, you choose your sport and are drawn into it but your passion should never be driven by fame and fortune but a desire to create... →
Katarina Witt
My sister learned she was a carrier for a recessive disease, Bloom syndrome, late in one of her pregnancies. I remember the panicked call and the... →
Anne Wojcicki
Some people criticize the faithful for getting involved in politics, but it's important to remember that down through the centuries, people... →
Frank Wolf
The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember it.
Thomas Wolfe
I was sitting in my office when someone called to tell me two light planes had collided with the World Trade Centre. I turned on my television;... →
Tom Wolfe
It's probably why I'm a short story writer. I tend to remember things in the past in narrative form, in story form, and I grew up around... →
Tobias Wolff
Memory is funny. Once you hit a vein the problem is not how to remember but how to control the flow.
People shout out for songs and I don't even remember writing them.
Bobby Womack
When I first played New York, it was with James Brown at the Apollo, and I was playing in a band under the name The Valentinos. I remember Sam Cooke... →