There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time. – Malcolm X
My Alma mater was books, a good library… I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity. – Malcolm X
In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure. – Malcolm X
My mom was a professional. My dad and mom met each other in a movie called New Faces of 1937. My mom went under the name Thelma Leeds, and she did a few movies, and she was really a great singer, and when she married my dad and started to have a family, she sang at parties. – Albert Brooks