"There is no doubt that parts of the world are getting warmer, but the warming is not global."

“When you start a collection, you have to push yourself to limits that may make you uncomfortable.”

“Everybody wants to be famous. You have to be ready to deal with consequences.”

Source : "Fat Joe Talks Pun's Wife, Writing Hit Songs & Sneaker Shopping". Interview with Joe La Puma, www.complex.com. May 5, 2009.

“One of the things I firmly believe about seemingly risky decisions is that you can't fully imagine how things can be better while you're in the thing you don't quite like.”

“My mother encouraged me and was very great about me being gay, but she always encouraged me to follow my musical dreams, which I'm very grateful for.”

“I'm willing to deal with the consequences and accept responsibility for my actions.”

Source : "Vick Sentenced to 23 Months for Conspiracy". www.npr.org. December 10, 2007.

“I had a strong desire to write and some free time.”

“Without an allegiance to beauty, art degenerates into a caricature of itself. It is beauty that animates aesthetic experience, making it so seductive; but aesthetic experience itself degenerates into a kind of fetish or idol if it is held up as an end in itself, untested by the rest of life.”

Source : Roger Kimball (2000). “Experiments Against Reality: The Fate of Culture in the Postmodern Age”, Ivan R Dee

“It goes beyond mere 'acknowledgment' of religion because its sole purpose is to encourage all citizens to engage in prayer, an inherently religious exercise that serves no secular function in this context. In this instance, the government has taken sides on a matter that must be left to individual conscience.”

Source : "Federal judge rules Day of Prayer unconstitutional". www.foxnews.com. April 15, 2010.