"My mother can certainly be rough around the……" — LZ Granderson

"My mother can certainly be rough around the edges at times, but she also taught me to have compassion for people who have been wronged. She taught me to empathize with those who have made mistakes."

— LZ Granderson

19 Quotes by LZ Granderson

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This is the gay agenda: equality. Not special rights, but the rights that are already written by [our Founding Fathers].
When you hear the words ‘gay lifestyle’ and ‘gay agenda’ in the future, [look] to your left, look to your…
You have to have confidence in who you are, because you never know who's depending on you.
Now as a former welfare recipient, I don't have a problem with expecting people to work to earn money. But…
It is said that courage isn’t the absence of fear but the fortitude to confront fear. And as long as…
Most remember the groundbreaking first in sports; few remember the third or fourth to follow in those tracks. That's not…
Some of us have become so addicted to pointing fingers at others for all the wrong that happens in our…
Instead of this fruitless debate about having it all, men and women should focus on what make us happy. Instead…
As a newspaper reporter, I covered and was around a fair number of crime scenes involving juvenile delinquents, and few…
Children may be born angels, but with all the temptations out there in the world, it takes work to try…
Teachers are not glorified babysitters with summers off. Their profession fuels all others, and on a normal day that is…
Believe me, I recognize the cultural and anatomical challenges and respect the sacrifices women make in order to balance family…

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