"Every member of Congress and every Senator kind of runs their own race with their own message because they don't want to necessarily have dictated from the White House what that message should be."

“Meaning is context bound, but context is boundless”

Source : Jonathan Culler (2014). “On Deconstruction: Theory and Criticism after Structuralism”, p.99, Cornell University Press

“It's also important for those who promote those issues within the white community - the somewhat privileged community - to talk about issues affecting people of color”

“To plant and maintain a flower border, with a good scheme for colour, is by no means the easy thing that is commonly supposed.”

Source : Gertrude Jekyll (1919). “Colour Schemes for the Flower Garden”

“Every laugh is not equal. They come from different places. That's sort of the challenge I go towards, making sure the laughs are for the reasons I want. It becomes a back and forth dance with the audience.”

Source : Source: brightestyoungthings.com

“It's America's classical music ... this becomes our tradition ... the bottom line of any country in the world is what did we contribute to the world? ... we contributed Louis Armstrong”

“We've got a Muslim for a president who hates cowboys, hates cowgirls, hates fishing, hates farming, loves gays and we hate him!”

Source : "Alec Baldwin Calls Hank Williams Jr. a 'Senile, Racist Coot'" by Seth Abramovitch, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 4, 2012.

“Feminism is to sexism what black nationalism is to racism; the most rational response to the problem.”

“Music looks very formidable to people outside of it and it looks like it's this realm of spooky genius.”