I never considered myself as somebody in exile because, different to my father who, yes, was in exile because he left Haiti as an adult, for me it was just to be somewhere else. I carried Haiti with me everywhere, but I also carried, you know, my youth in a public school in Brooklyn. It’s part of who I am as well. Raoul Peck Read Quote
When we talk about communities, we seldom discuss the margins. But for every person nestled comfortably in the bosom of a community, there is someone else on the outskirts, feeling ambivalent. Ambiguous. Excluded. Unwilling or unable to come more fully into the fold. Adam Mansbach Read Quote
We’ve had public hearings. We’ve had interim reports, which our statute has encouraged us to provide to the public. We have brought the public along with us, trying to make as much available as possible over time. Richard Ben-Veniste Read Quote
When I have an idea, I turn down the flame, as if it were a little alcohol stove, as low as it will go. Then it explodes and that is my idea. Ernest Hemingway Read Quote
I think greed is a critical problem – the gap between the poor and the rich. The gap between the top 10 percent and the bottom 10 percent. Richard Rogers Read Quote
It took me a long time to write again because Katrina destroyed the home I loved, and that robbed me of hope. Jesmyn Ward Read Quote
We strongly believe that children should not be exposed to smokeless tobacco or see such products being used by their on-field sports heroes. Jerry Reinsdorf Read Quote
Why should sports men and women get punished harsher than people in the normal world? David Millar Read Quote
Photography is very presumptuous. Photographers are always photographing other people’s lives – something they know nothing about – and drawing great inferences into it. Duane Michals Read Quote
