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“While this has been a private part of my family's life, it is now clear a media story will soon emerge. My father tragically ended his life while battling terminal cancer in 1979.”
Source : "Bill De Blasio Reveals His Father Committed Suicide During Fight With Terminal Cancer" By Michael McLaughlin, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 30, 2013. 
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“I am burning. If anyone lacks tinder, let him set his rubbish ablaze with my fire.”
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“Why, if its going to be allright, do we see it getting worse every day?”
Source : Jeanne DuPrau (2016). “The City of Ember Complete Series”, p.191, Random House Books for Young Readers
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“Our minds are the most mysterious things about us.”
Source : Elsa Barker (1928). “The Cobra Candlestick”
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“Communism and socialism is [sic] seductive. It promises us that people will contribute according to ability and receive according to needs. Everybody is equal. Everybody has a right to decent housing, decent food and affordable medical care. History should have taught us that when we hear people talk this stuff - watch out!”
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“Ordinarily, I am the person who falls in love quickly and somewhat inappropriately and then goes on to destroy what is a good thing. That's always been my style. So, you know: I get it. And I feel right now the way I imagine all those guys felt with me. And I have to say, for the first time in my life, I feel something approaching compassion for them.”
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“The music of the westerner comes from Africa, whether they like it or not. The majority of the instruments of the music, of the pop music, rock and roll, or R&B, hip hop, whatever it is, their roots trace back to Africa. So if you are black, white, yellow, or red, whatever you do, it doesn't matter, because your DNA is back in Africa.”
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“Success depends on how much you are willing to sacrifice, how much you are willing to alter your everyday life for a particular goal.”
