"I think one has to be aware that a change needs to be made to improve one's life and then there will always be alternatives and choices that can lead you away from a life of violence."

“An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment.”

Source : NewYork Times Co. v. Sullivan (concurring opinion) (1964)

“But most days, I wander around feeling invisible. Like I'm a speck of dust floating in the air that can only be seen when a shaft of light hits it.”

Source : Sonya Sones (2013). “One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies”, p.120, Simon and Schuster

“If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his house, what books he may read or what films he may watch.”

“Without dreams we would be cows in a field, and I don't want to live like that. I live my life or I end my life with this project.”

“But you, oh gardener, poet that you be / Though unaware, now use your seeds like words / And make them lilt with color nicely flung ...”

Source : Vita Sackville-West, Victoria Sackville-West (2004). “The Garden”, Frances Lincoln Limited

“The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.”

Source : Southwestern Art Vol. 6, p. 20, 1977.

“I don't know if people understand that there are different ways to raise money for great causes.”

Source : Source: www.realstylenetwork.com

“Hockey is my favorite because I'm from Michigan. I used to figure-skate and root for the Red Wings.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.