"Well, I think that everybody is kind of a nerd at heart."

“If Allah wants for a people ill, he gives them debates and takes away from them actions.”

“I'm interested in visual vocabulary, like Andy Warhol was interested in that vocabulary of advertisements and television and pop culture. I do a great deal of tropes. This past decade has seen a new term, "meme," which is exactly what I'm studying.”

“Linda Hamilton is my hero. She was so tough and so strong and so vulnerable at the same time. I think that's what woman action figures are allowed to be: vulnerable, in a way that women are.”

“Children know something that most people have forgotten.”

Source : Keith Haring (2010). “Keith Haring Journals: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.130, Penguin

“Well can I just make a point about the numbers because people talk a lot about police numbers as if police numbers are the holy grail. But actually what matters is what those police are doing. It's about how those police are deployed”

“The theater is where I belonged; I simply wanted to be an actress my whole life.”

“So I think hip-hop is moving and is going to continue to move in the direction of rappers just being honest with themselves, whether you're talking about Common and Mos Def or Nas and 50 cent.”

“I didn't grow up in one of those restrictive Christian households where you couldn't do this or that. We were brought up with a great collection of good morals and good values, but we also had fun. We'd go to church on Sunday, but then have ice cream, roller skate or play in the park afterwards.”

Source : "Yolanda Adams 'How Sweet The Sound'". Interview with Kam Williams, newsblaze.com. October 23, 2012.