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“All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.”
Source : "Gabriel García Márquez: a Life". Book by Gerald Martin, www.theguardian.com. 2008.
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“I speak for the colored women of the South, because it is there that the millions of blacks in this country have watered the soil with blood and tears, and it is there too that the colored woman of America has made her characteristic history and there her destiny is evolving.”
Source : Anna Julia Cooper, Charles C. Lemert, Esme Bhan (1998). “The Voice of Anna Julia Cooper: Including A Voice from the South and Other Important Essays, Papers, and Letters”, p.202, Rowman & Littlefield
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“I'm not sure I'm quite ready to have someone be a prospector of jobs for me, because I believe there's some kind of destiny involved with meeting people... some things are just meant to happen.”
Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“For me, justice is the prime condition of humanity.”
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“You were born to lead as mothers and fathers, because nowhere is righteous leadership more crucial than in the family.”
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“This statement, this transgression, this issue whereas if you look at the Fox News poll - CNN, ABC, NBC, everybody was there."CBS" polls, you see that Americans were very focused on jobs and the economy, health care, immigration, terrorism. I mean, the cues and clues to this election were right in front of him the whole time.”
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“Practical! On Wednesday afternoons I could be practically anything. What's up?”
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“I'm not proud to be me, I'm not excited to be me, but I find that I am me, and like most other individuals, I send out little signals; I tell everyone else how everything looks from where I am.”
Source : Wallace Shawn (2009). “Essays”, p.5, Haymarket Books