"I devoted myself simply to being a solitary person entrusted with a specific task."

“It's completely different, for instance, to report on poor farmers in Africa than it is to report on, say, poor African-Americans. The familiarity of my readers with the terrain, and their preconceptions, are quite different in those two cases, and their perspective, as I imagine it, has to be taken into account at every turn.”

“Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations rather than biology. What we learn from connections within the family takes the place of instincts that program the behavior of animals; which raises the question, how good are these connections?”

“While infrastructure is of course important, it must be part of a bigger vision. The point is not to simply dig ditches but to steer those investments towards transformational growth.”

“Musical shows are really popular because there are lots of talented kids out there that can sing and dance.”

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

“I don't want to stir up a can of worms.”

“Every news organization should ideally be as broadly representative as possible.”

“I never give my real self. I have a hundred sides, and I turn first one way and then the other. I am playing a deep game. I have a number of strong cards up my sleeve. I have never been myself, excepting to two friends.”

Source : Mary MacLane (2014). “Tender Darkness: A Mary MacLane Sampler”, p.122, Petrarca Press

“This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society.”