"Philanthropy, like Red Cross voluntarism, is realizing the enhancing influence of cultural diversity. Inviting the full participation of all the community's resources leads to win-win situations."

“My own perception was that although it kind of sucks to be stuck in a contract you signed a long time ago, when you're having success, it gives you some leverage.”

“I am not the best, but I am capable of achieving the impossible.”

“Singing has opened so many doors for me. And that's definitely a true passion of mine. It's a natural, God-given gift.”

“Where do the words go when we have said them?”

Source : Margaret Atwood (1987). “Selected Poems: 1965-1975”, p.120, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“...God leads you to it and takes you through it.”

“What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it.”

“I used to play works in progress to people, but now I wait 'til it's finished, because you make excuses all the time: 'Well, there's gonna be an orchestra on it.' Rather than make excuses, wait 'til it's finished, and then they can say they don't like it.”

“I could hear you, talking to the daffodils and tulips, whispering to the fairies that lived inside their petals. Each separate flower had a different family inside it.”