"We think about sitting in a space and hearing some music by having our ears pointed forward towards the musicians sitting opposite us. I'm really not following that paradigm at all."

“For me, the most gratifying projects are ones that have the potential to bring people together - to overcome differences among various groups, and to spark dialogue.”

“Choosing to be honest is the first step in the process of love. There is no practitioner of love who deceives. Once the choice has been made to be honest, then the next step on love's path is communication.”

“Robinson Crusoe, the first capitalist hero, is a self-made man who accepts objective reality and then fashions it to his needs through the work ethic, common sense, resilience, technology, and, if need be, racism and imperialism.”

“The reason why we often get poor advice is that it's hard to find a person who always has our best interest at heart, isn't envious in any way, and at no level thinks he knows what's best for you.”

Source : Dr. David J. Lieberman, Ph.D. (2010). “Get Anyone to Do Anything: Never Feel Powerless Again--With Psychological Secrets to Control and Influence Every Situation”, p.155, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux

“The eye of the mind, like that of the body, can only extend its view to new objects, by losing sight of those which are now before it.”

“It's nice to say or it's great to ask, are we limiting opportunities for women? But do we even have each other's support, frankly, on our way there?”

“People been killing each other since forever and hurting each other since forever and taking advantage of each other since forever.”

Source : Source: www.complex.com

“Organised brigandage has ceased to exist, but murder and highway robbery are still far too common in the less frequented districts. Travellers rarely suffer to-day, however. It is the wealthy inhabitants who run risks at the hand of the mafia, or lawless Sicilian.”

Source : Mrs. Alec-Tweedie (Ethel) (1904). “Sunny Sicily: Its Rustics and Its Ruins”