"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy."

-- Abraham Lincoln

#Wisdom Quotes #Freedom Quotes #Patriotic Quotes

“No [other rappers are on my level], none of them. Here, let me put it like this in the sky, there are a million stars, but when the sun appears, you see none of them. I am the sun.”
“Surely He does not give us hearts so we may spend our lives ignoring them.”
“When women get together, they tell stories. This is how it has always been. Telling stories is our way of saying who we are, where we have come from, what we know, and where we might be headed.”

Source : Jalaja Bonheim (1997). “Aphrodite's Daughters: Women's Sexual Stories and the Journey of the Soul”, p.9, Simon and Schuster
“He spilled my diet soda!”
“I never wanted to sound clean and pretty. I always wanted to have kind of a certain natural quality to my voice, and I wish it were more rough than it is.”

Source : "Jazz Singer Cécile McLorin Salvant Doesn't Want To Sound 'Clean And Pretty'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. January 1, 2016.
“I have a daughter and I have granddaughters and I will never vote to let a group of backward-looking ideologues cut women's access to birth control. We have lived in that world, and we are not going back, not ever”

Source : "During Government Shutdown, Nonprofits Amplify Message About Women’s Reproductive Rights", www.huffingtonpost.com. October 3, 2013.
“This book fills a much-needed gap.”
“Now that I've got some films under my belt, I have the courage of my convictions regarding acting. It gives me a leg to stand on.”

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