#la

We believe that when you make Black America better - you make all of America better. ↗

#believe #better #black #black america #make

I was a singer professionally when I was four years old, and I did not really begin to play any instrument - the first one, of course, was drums - till I was about nine years old. ↗

— Mel Torme

#any #begin #course #did #drums

I thought our community should have a deep dialogue to make black America better. I believe if we make black America better, we make all of America better. ↗

— Tavis Smiley

#believe #better #black #black america #community

In some states, not even 50 percent of black boys finish high school. ↗

— Tavis Smiley

#even #finish #high #high school #percent

This whole notion of a post racial America was nonsense from the very beginning. It was a bad idea, a bad notion, a bad formulation when it was first raised. ↗

— Tavis Smiley

#bad #bad idea #beginning #first #formulation

We - again, the, the, the, the bastardization and the demonization over the last few years of teachers and of unions and of collective bargaining, that is not the answer. ↗

— Tavis Smiley

#answer #bargaining #collective #collective bargaining #few

If love is the treasure, laughter is the key. ↗

— Yakov Smirnoff

#laughter #love #love is #treasure

I believe that love and laughter can only happen when one person takes the time to think about what would cause the other person to feel good. ↗

— Yakov Smirnoff

#believe #cause #feel #feel good #good

I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter. ↗

— Yakov Smirnoff

#between #correlation #direct #i #i believe

In today's society we sometimes forget to balance our hearts and our heads; this is the reason we stop laughing. ↗