In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. Theres so much more to the story. – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen. – Walter Bagehot
We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in every cell of our bodies. – Shirley Abbott
I was a writer. I just wasnt a very good one. I was lucky enough to have a playwriting teacher who told me that Id be a better actor than I would a playwright. – Liev Schreiber
My memory of my mom is a wine glass in one hand and a cigarette in the other. She was a runway fashion model, and she was quite a glamorous woman. – Loni Anderson
