"We have oral traditions in Mali, and songs are passed down and around this way. I think in the US you can play all the time in your own room and never see another musician your whole life. We can't understand that in Mali."

“I'm actually embarrassed to tell people I'm Russian these days, because it's become such an awful place.”

“The United States is Fast Becoming One of the Biggest Open-Air Prisons on Earth”

Source : "Mumia Abu-Jamal: "The United States Is Fast Becoming One of the Biggest Open-Air Prisons on Earth"". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. February 01, 2013.

“As women, we have more of a tendency to be people-pleasers, and I know a lot of women who are not vocal about what makes them happy.”

“I eye Chuy like a pitcher in baseball does when a guy leads too far off base.”

“People tend to criticize their spouse most loudly in the area where they themselves have the deepest emotional need.”

Source : Gary Chapman, Ross Campbell (2010). “The 5 Love Languages/The 5 Love Languages Men's Edition/The 5 Love Languages of Teenagers/The 5 Love Lan”, p.182, Moody Publishers

“I'm a live wire in a dead world,”

“Anyone who believes that we can afford collectively what we cannot afford individually is delusional.”

Source : Arnold Kling (2004). “Learning Economics”, p.295, Xlibris Corporation

“If I'm driving to L.A. and have anxiety about making the drive, if I've got Peggy with me, we're cool.”

Source : Interview with Donna Kimura, www.jazzreview.com. January 29, 2011.