I'm not a perfect person, I never claimed to be. But I'm trying every day to be better than I was yesterday.
The fact remains that getting people right is not what living is all about anyway. It’s getting them wrong that is living, getting them wrong and wrong and wrong and then, on careful reconsideration, getting them wrong again.
I'm a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity.