You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what’s happening in Africa, and if we’re honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else. (Bono)
I worked every day – Christmas Eve, birthdays – trying to become a great basketball player. Everywhere I went, I had a basketball. (Harvey Mason, Jr.)
Love is our strength to overcome the evils of the world (Amit Ray, Walking the Path of Compassion)
The only incurable troubles of the rich are the troubles that money can’t cure (Ogden Nash)
Being famous is wicked. But it’s better to be normal (Rupert Grint)
You can be the most productive person in your area of your calling if you can just isolate yourself and learn to convert your time into products (Sunday Adelaja, How To Become Great Through Time Conversion: Are you wasting time, spending time or investing time?)
Two things have always ruptured up and through hegemony: art and bodies (Lidia Yuknavitch, The Book of Joan)
I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity (Marcus Tullius Cicero)
I wonder if life is a fairy tale! – Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you’re opening and cares about you. There’s a real village atmosphere (Ian Mckellen)