"Economy and environment are the same thing. That is the rule of nature."

“Toni Morrison is challenged regularly because she is a black author who writes about the real world. She speaks with so much knowledge about black issues she can't be accused of creating these (issues). People find these issues threatening.”

Source : "Group Targets Black Authors' Books; Toni Morrison's Novel Deemed 'Smut' by Parent; Acclaimed Memoir 'Black Boy' Also is Under Fire" by Valerie Olander, The Detroit News, January 24, 2007.

“The twentieth century had dispensed with the formal declaration of war and introduced the fifth column, sabotage, cold war, and war by proxy, but that was only the begining. Summit meetings for disarmament pursued mutual understanding and a balance of power but were also held to learn the strengths and weaknesses of the enemy. The world of the war-or-peace alternative became a world in which war was peace and peace war.”

“I was born in Quebec City, I've lived there many years before moving to Montreal and then Ottawa. And I mean, Quebec City is a very, you know, closed city if I may say. So it's not easy to be accepted living in Quebec City. So if you're from a different faith, you may be a bit timid in showing your faith. So I mean, you're already from a different country, you're an immigrant and hearing what you hear about Islam, you might not wish to be identified as a Muslim, and you may be very discreet into your faith and going to the mosque.”

Source : Source: www.cbc.ca

“A government shutdown, it isn`t the end of the world. It`s a bad thing. The government stops working for a few days. We cover it a lot. Polls turn against who ever made it stop working.”

“It's always fun to get to do things that stretch you and that you don't get to do a lot, but you never know until you see it.”

Source : Source: collider.com

“Your religion was written on tablets of stone, ours on our hearts. 8. We are part of the earth and the earth is part of us.”

“But I should not have to explain to you how important it is for science and simplicity to coexist. One must not fear to be a little child again, when times of wonder are at hand.”

“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.”

Source : Jane Austen (2008). “Emma: By Jane Austen”, p.343, MobileReference