"I wanted to deal with someone's idea of their relationship."

“I like to cook, but mostly Greek. When I am confused or tired, I think about what I can cook. It takes you away from everything, as you are thinking only of your dish.”

“The United States is Fast Becoming One of the Biggest Open-Air Prisons on Earth”

Source : "Mumia Abu-Jamal: "The United States Is Fast Becoming One of the Biggest Open-Air Prisons on Earth"". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. February 01, 2013.

“I have done lots of music projects in my life and some of them I am more proud of than others.”

“I will never be able to go back to Sweden without knowing inside myself that I'd done all a man could do to save as many Jews as possible”

“In St. Louis, some people were hurt seriously when some fans got on top of a roof that was where other fans were underneath it, at a park somewhere, and it collapsed.”

“If you violate Nature's laws you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman.”

“To quote the exceptional teacher Marva Collins, "I will is more important than IQ." It is wonderful to have a terrific mind, but it's been my experience that having outstanding intelligence is a very small part of the total package that leads to success and happiness. Discipline, hard work, perseverance, and generosity of spirit are, in the final analysis, far more important”

Source : Rafe Esquith (2008). “There Are No Shortcuts”, p.156, Anchor

“Injustice in the end produces independence.”