-
“A long time ago, I made the commitment to dedicate at least one song per album to God. He has been very good to me, and never for one minute do I want Him to think I've forgotten, because I haven't.”
-
“Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage.”
-
“Where conflicting interests must be reconciled, the question shall always be answered from the standpoint of the greatest good of the greatest number in the long run.”
-
“the lady is almost the only picturesque survival in a social order which tends less and less to tolerate the exceptional. ... In the age-long war between men and women, she is a hostage in the enemy's camp. Her fortunes do not rise and fall with those of women but with those of men.”
-
“calls for equal treatment are often seen as calls for 'special treatment' in situations where discrimination has become the norm.”
Source : Anita Hill (2011). “Speaking Truth to Power”, p.340, Anchor
-
“That which is imagined can never be lost.”
Source : Twitter post from Mar 18, 2014
-
“Where the Tennessee River, like a silver snake, winds her way through the clay hills of Alabama, sits high on these hills, my home town, Florence.”
Source : William Christopher Handy (1947). “Father of the Blues: An Autobiography of W. C. Handy”
-
“In my experience ideology is a lot like religion; it's a belief system and most people cling to it long after it becomes clear that their ideology doesn't describe the real world.”
Source : Maureen F. McHugh (1997). “China Mountain Zhang”, p.29, Macmillan