"I did in fact take a couple of classes at my local college here in NYC. But I did it unwillingly and without enthusiasm. That is until a protest broke out in the streets around campus against rising tuition costs."

“At some point, life starts to pass you by and becomes about avoidance. I want to stay clear from that situation, because I don't like that.”

“We began as restless and radical. Remember the spirit of 1997, but by the end of our time in office we had lost our way.”

Source : "Labour conference: Ed Miliband speech in full". www.theguardian.com. September 28, 2010.

“I don't think my work is so strange. It's just a matter of having the discipline to go the whole way with an idea, to stretch it as far as it can go.”

“The conclusion I have reached is that, above all, dogs are witnesses. They are allowed access to our most private moments. They are there when we think we are alone. Think of what they could tell us. They sit on the laps of presidents. They see acts of love and violence, quarrels and feuds, and the secret play of children. If they could tell us everything they have seen, all of the gaps of our lives would stitch themselves together.”

Source : Carolyn Parkhurst (2003). “The Dogs of Babel”, Large Print Press

“If we truly want to have world peace, we have to end human trafficking,”

“You are not likely to bring out the best in people or nurture their creativity if every time you hear about their problems you instantly offer a solution Encourage people to look for their own solutions-and project the knowledge that they are capable of doing so.”

“... because they are children and for no other reason they have dignity and worth simply because they are ...”

Source : Barbara Coloroso (2010). “kids are worth it! Revised Edition: Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline”, p.4, Harper Collins

“I do have a political agenda. It's to have as few regulations as possible.”