"It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake."

-- Frederick Douglass

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“A father's calling is eternal and its importance transcends time. It is a calling for both time and eternity.”
“I think decor says a lot about someone's social position, their taste, their sensibility, their work - and also about the aesthetic way I have chosen to tell their story.”

Source : "Interview", Volume 26, (p. 49), 1996.
“Our country also hungers for leadership to ensure the long-term survival of our Social Security system. With 70 million baby boomers in this country on the verge of retirement, we need to take action to shore up the system.”
“As an artist, i feel lucky to have been given the gift of creativity so that i may share my vision of a better world. I will never forget what it was like to be poor and that is why it is so important to me that my work be accessible to all people. For me, art can reflect the celebration of the simple and good things in life. This is the most important to me.”
“You cannot immunize sick, malnourished children and expect them to get away with it. You'll kill far more children than would have died from natural infection...It needs to be appreciated that children in developing countries are at a much greater risk of complications from vaccination and from mercury toxicity...because poor nutrition, parasitic and bacterial infections and low birth weight.”
“I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.”
“The U. S. is becoming more hostile to Black people and other people of color. Racism is running rampant and xenophobia is on the rise”
“I live in Italy. I visit my family in Switzerland.”

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