"During the election people from visible minorities stood as candidates on both the left and the right. And only one African woman was elected in a very left-wing constituency in Paris. The French don't seem to be ready to elect people from a visible minority. So maybe this society is not ready to have a woman from a foreign background in this important post. That really surprised us, because we thought we had evolved."

“Everyday above ground is a great day, remember that.”

Source : Song: Time of Our Lives, Album: Globalization, 2014

“Green sods are all their monument; and yet it tells A nobler history than pillared piles, Or the eternal pyramids.”

Source : James Gates Percival, Erasmus Darwin North (1859). “The poetical works of James Gates Percival”, p.286

“I was probably born with the ability to draw, but that does not make you an artist.”

“Elvis makes millions every year, although he's been dead for many years.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com

“It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.”

“God knows why - no pun intended - but every time I write a song, I feel a need to touch on religion.”

“Other people apologize and don't mean t "Sorry, but you shouldn't have..." or "Sorry, but I just didn't..." They apologize while telling you that they were right all along, which is the opposite of an actual apology.”

Source : E. Lockhart (2016). “Ruby Oliver 1: The Boyfriend List”, p.146, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.

“I'll take lying in your arms tonight over and above any love I've known. Memories may find me, but they'll always be behind me. I'll take today over yesterday, anyday.”