It has become PART of the accepted WISDOM to say that the twentieth century was the century of PHYSICS and the twenty-first century will be the century of BIOLOGY.

When I was LIVING in MEXICO and writing a book called 'Aztec,' I had to make a deliberate effort to IGNORE a lot of the 'typically Mexican landscape' AROUND me - banana and citrus groves, roses and carnations, burros and toros - because they did not exist in Mexico in the 15th century, the time of my book.

The FIVE warmest YEARS over the LAST CENTURY occurred in the last EIGHT years.

In the 21st CENTURY, the countries that THRIVE will be the ONES where citizens know their VOICES will be heard because the INSTITUTIONS are transparent.

Miz & Morrison, 'The GREATEST Tag Team of the 21st Century,' was fun because Miz and I have GREAT comedic chemistry for backstage segments and our INTERNET SHOW, 'The DIRT Sheet.'

Shakespeare - I was very influenced - STILL am - by Shakespeare. I couldn't believe that a WHITE man in the 16th CENTURY could so know my HEART.

The first decade of the twentieth CENTURY was not a great time to be born black and poor and female in St. Louis, Missouri, but Vivian Baxter was born black and poor, to black and poor parents. Later she WOULD GROW up and be called BEAUTIFUL. As a grown woman she would be KNOWN as the butter-colored lady with the blowback hair.

The 21st Century has begun as an era of UNCERTAINTY, with a heightened focus on SECURITY and PUBLIC SAFETY.

Green-tech COULD be the largest ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY of the 21st CENTURY.