"I think that, in a sense, there's something about photography in general that we could associate with memory, or the past, or childhood."

“The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.”

“The music was thunder and joy. Lightning bolts of happiness and praise, foot-stomping, dance-shouting, good-feeling singing from the soul.”

Source : Etta James, David Ritz (2003). “Rage to Survive: The Etta James Story”, p.17, Da Capo Press

“Has there ever been a visitor to Ludlow who hasn't wished they lived there?”

“I am Bourbon as a matter of honour , royalist according to reason and conviction, and republican by taste and character .”

“I refer, of course, to the debts our nation has amassed for itself over decades of indulgence. It is the new Red Menace, this time consisting of ink. We can debate its origins endlessly and search for villains on ideological grounds, but the reality is pure arithmetic.”

Source : Keynote Speech to the Conservative Political Action Committee, delivered 11 February 2011, Ronald Reagan Centennial Dinner, Washington, D.C.

“I hate going into a room with people in it and the feeling of them staring. I find every moment excruciating.”

Source : "Kate Dickie: 'I've been angst-ridden all my life'". Interview with Jane Graham, www.theguardian.com. December 2, 2010.

“Here, too, a brand-new day is beginning. It could be a day like all the others, or it could be a day remarkable enough in many ways to remain in the memory. In either case, for now, for most people, it is a blank sheet of paper.”

“Growing up in Mississippi, I was such a farmer, and it's not desirable to bring attention to yourself. That's my nature, and all of a sudden, I'm in show business.”