"Perhaps the greatest consolation of the oppressed is to consider themselves superior to their tyrants."

“I think when you have a band that are so separate and isolated then you have to know each others styles and characters quite well.”

“What is... disturbing to me is that many of these pro-Israeli lawmakers sit on the House International Relations Committee despite the obvious conflict of interest that their emotional attachments to Israel cause... The Israeli occupation of all territories must end, including Congress.”

“Because the history of evolution is that life escapes all barriers. Life breaks free. Life expands to new territories. Painfully, perhaps even dangerously. But life finds a way.”

“If what we are doing with our anger is not achieving the desired result, it would seem logical to try something different.”

“I hope I have repaid Australia for the humanity it showed me, as it has shown to so many others over the years.”

“Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens.”

Source : Douglas William Jerrold, Blanchard Jerrold (1859). “Specimens of Douglas Jerrold's wit: together with selections, chiefly from his contributions to journals, intended to illustrate his opinions”, p.168

“I had one drama teacher who was amazing, Ms. Perkins. She really tried to inspire me and get me going.”

“Being proud of something is a very tricky word and I sometimes think it has a bad connotation. I don't feel proud, I feel grateful. I'm lucky.”

Source : "'All My Children' Actor David Canary Dies". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. November 25, 2015.