"The object of teaching a child is to enable the child to get along without the teacher. We need to educate our children for their future, not our past..."

“Paintings may not have nearly the power to convert people that the printed or spoken word has, but each man has his part to play in the human and divine drama - some persons just a few lines, others whole pages. To refuse to play one's role at all is not the answer. It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.”

Source : William Kurelek, Joan Murray (1983). “Kurelek's vision of Canada”, McClelland & Stewart

“At an age when most actresses are being phased out, I am being phased in - with a vengeance.”

“We yearn for there to be meaning to our lives, balanced with a sense of inner peace & joy.”

“You win by trying. And failing. Test, try, fail, measure, evolve, repeat, persist, ...”

“The easy answer is to say that it's a part for black people to see black heroes, but to me it's important to young Mexican kids to see a black hero.”

Source : "Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge Turned the '2016 Black Experience' Into the 'Luke Cage' Soundtrack". Interview with Justin Davis, www.complex.com. October 5, 2016.

“The guys in my band are great-we watch movies, we eat pizza, take walks, read books. Everybody has a really great sense of humor. And my boyfriend comes and visits me on the road.”

“If youre going to kiss a man, let it be a beautiful man like Ed Speleers.”

“Progress changes consciousness, and when people's consciousness changes, then their awareness of what is possible changes as well - a virtuous circle.”