"Whatever has befallen you was not meant to escape you, and whatever has escaped you was not meant to befall you."

“Summertime And the living is easy Fish are jumpin' And the cotton is high Oh, your daddy's rich And your mama's good lookin' So hush little baby now don't you cry One of these mornin's You're gonna rise up singin' Then you'll spread your wings And take to the sky But til that mornin' Ain't nothin' can harm you With your daddy And your mammy standin' by.”

“Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.”

“The past hadn't been erased just because a new future had been handed it.”

“My perspective of veganism was most affected by learning that the veal calf is a by-product of dairying, and that in essence there is a slice of veal in every glass of what I had thought was an innocuous white liquid - milk.”

Source : "The Vegan Sourcebook". Book by Joanne Stepaniak (p. 40), 1998.

“I have always endeavoured, as my double duty of believer and sovereign dictated, to follow the precepts of the sacred Book of Islam: precepts of balance, justice and moderation. Although my religious education was very literal, in that I learnt to understand the precepts of the Koran precisely according to the text, we have seen that on several occasions throughout my life, I have felt myself to be very particularly in the hands of the Almighty.”

“When we reach the outer limit of what Scripture says, it is time to stop arguing and start worshipping.”

“I still sweat. My guts are still grinding out there. Sometimes I have enough cotton in my mouth to knit a sweater.”

“My mother taught me everything I know; how to speak properly, posture, enunciation.”

Source : "New wonder kid on the block" by Ed Pilkington, www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2009.