We seek the right to play our part in advancing the cause of national defense and national unity. But certainly, there can be no true national unity where one-tenth of the population is denied their basic rights as American citizens. A. Philip Randolph Read Quote
Even before 9/11 I was gripped by a sense of dread: our lack of criticism about what we were doing in the Middle East – the slagging off of a whole religious tradition. Karen Armstrong Read Quote
I don’t have any stigma attached to my body. When I’m in my own private space, I have very little on. Padma Lakshmi Read Quote
If you are sitting on the couch with the TV off, and you are looking into each other’s eyes and talking, that is quality time – so is taking a walk or going out to eat, so long as you are communicating with each other. Gary Chapman Read Quote
When interviewing for a job, tell the editor how you love to report. How your passion is gathering information. Do not mention how you want to be a writer, use the word ‘prose,’ or that deep down you have a sinking suspicion you are the next Norman Mailer. Michael Hastings Read Quote
I believed and still believe that success is only part of the story. It makes you want to get better and better so as not to let yourself down and not to let the people down who like what you do and you don’t waste your success. Jon Anderson Read Quote
Somehow in the 20th Century an idea has developed that music is an activity or skill which is not comprehensible to the man in the street. This is an arrogant assertion and not necessarily a true one. Gavin Bryars Read Quote