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“Two bubbles found they had rainbows on their curves. They flickered out saying: "It was worth being a bubble, just to have held that rainbow thirty seconds.”
Source : Carl Sandburg (2003). “The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg”, p.699, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“Nationalism ... is like cheap alcohol. First it makes you drunk, then it makes you blind, then it kills you.”
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“The only time a lazy man ever succeeds is when he tries to do nothing.”
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“Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said.”
Source : "From Space to South Africa: Idris Elba on Prometheus and Playing Mandela". Interview with Jada Yuan, www.vulture.com. May 27, 2012.
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“It's nice to play a character who's written as a mixed race character and is not a drug addict.”
Source : "Tom Burke, Santiago Cabrera, and Howard Charles Talk THE MUSKETEERS, Character Backstory, Favorite Action Sequences, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 21, 2014.
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“Help your sister's boat across the water, and yours too will reach the other side. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.”
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“Someone else's body is a place for your mind to go.”
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“Somewhere inside, we hear a voice. It leads us in the direction of the person we wish to become. But it is up to us whether or not to follow.”