I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic makeup, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question.

诗人是一个能使不可能变为可能的人。

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

全球化帮助数亿人达到了更高的生活水平，超出了他们或大多数经济学家的想象。但对数百万人来说，全球化并未奏效。许多人实际上变得更糟，因为他们看到自己的工作被摧毁，生活变得更加不安全。