The Qur'an. Good Food Over Great Conversation. Cool Nights. Hot Days. Short Tempers. Strong Bonds. Beautiful Smiles and Intelligent Minds; Seductive Eyes and Unbreakable Ties. Fast Cars and Steep Turns. Nude lips and Red Lipstick. Charity. Random "How are you?" calls. Rare "I am sorry's". Sharp Blades. Courtesy. Collaousness. Prayer. Compassion. Family. Chivalry - Not Dead, just Undemanded. Contemplation. Fitness. Debates. Earned wins and impulsive loses. Language and the use of. Ideas. Religion. Politics. War. Mobilization. Justice - Truth? International Affairs. Foreign Policy. Development. History. Culture. Books. Travel. Youth. Elderly. Wisdom. Philosophy. Education. Nature. Poetry. Music. Dance. Communication. Networking. Support. Building. People. Civilizations. Growth. Quality. Advancement. Competition. Health. Activity. Dedication. Written accounts of emotion, growth and reflection. Love...Life.
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Hip Hop, Soul, Classical, Oldies. Necessary components: Sade, Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, Al Green, Tracy Chapman, Marvin Gaye, Dionne Warwick, Eric Clapton, Joni Mitchell, Kenny G (the master), Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens). TLC. C. Aguilera, Primo, 9th (beautiful sounds). Nas, K'Naan, Bahamadia, Lauryn Hill, Common, Dialted Peoples, Tribe Called Quest, Blackalicious, Bizzy Bone, Bone Thugs, Fonetiks (Mauro you're the greatest), Goodie Mob, Common, Cunnilynguists, Crimson (Where are you?), The Roots, Dungeon Family, OutKast, Fugees, Ghostface, L.B.,D.P., Pharoahe Monch, Outlandish, Hasan Salaam, Jean Grae, Jadakiss, Jedi Mind Tricks, Jeru (where are my book titles?), Talib Kweli, Twista, Jurassic 5, KRS-One, M.I.A., Maspyke, JayZ (I gave in), Freddie Foxxx, Guru, Pete Rock, J-Live, Queen Latifah, Ras Kass, Black Star, Roots Manuva, Run D.M.C. (ahhh), Immortal Tech., RZA, Tonedeff, Wu-Tang.
The Prophet, Monsieur Ibrahim, The Message, Pay it Forward, Man on Fire, Taking Lives, John Q., Tsotsi, Kill Bill, Cinema Paradiso, Lives of the Saints, No Man's Land, Cleopatra, Schindler's List, The Man Who Cried, Finding Forrester, Original Sin.
Biographies of former/current state leaders, or any good documentary is fine...news, Law & Order (SUV only, the rest are heading toward the sewer). Frontline, 20/20, 60min. Oprah when time permits, Days of Our Lives.
The Holy Qur'an. The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to by Alex Haley, Imperial Ambitions, I know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Les Miserables, To Kill a Mockingbird, Cathcer in the Rye, Slaughterhouse, Art of War, No One Can Stop the Rain, Gorgias, On Education, Guns Germs and Steel; anything by Plato, Augustine, Aristotle, Karen Armstrong, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Noam Chomsky, Shakespeare, Joseph Nye.
Miss Leyla J.