"I had spindly little ankles, and growing up in Canada, I couldn't skate. I was no good at any sports so was very much a pariah through those adolescent years."

“We are indeed the light of the world-but only if our switch is turned on.”

Source : John Hagee (1989). “Being Happy in an Unhappy World”

“Quiet is here and all in me. ("Dress of White Silk")”

“We must remember that those mortals we meet in parking lots, offices, elevators, and elsewhere are that portion of mankind God has given us to love and to serve. It will do us little good to speak of the general brotherhood of mankind if we cannot regard those who are all around us as our brothers and sisters.”

“Minorities have a right to appeal to the Constitution as a shield against such oppression.”

Source : Inaugural Address, avalon.law.yale.edu. March 04, 1845.

“To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.”

“I've learned my feelings and thoughts are secondary to what needs to get done - that what matters is the next right action.”

“... accepting and feeling sympathy and love is not so healing as giving it.”

Source : Ruth Draper, Dorothy Warren (1999). “The Letters of Ruth Draper: Self-portrait of an Actress, 1920-1956”, p.147, SIU Press

“I loathed every day and regret every moment I spent in a school.”