Maybe it is the media that has us divided.

Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.

It's really important for people who are HIV positive to reach out to let other people know that they can be tested, they can find out they can still live a life -- a positive life, a happy life.

Leadership is not about popularity, it is about doing what is right.

Every child in American should have access to a well-stocked school library.

Women have a better chance to secure freedom and protect themselves from violence, from abuse, from injustice, if they are well-educated and know their rights.

Children who are read to learn two things: First, that reading is worthwhile, and second, that they are worthwhile.

I have found the most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card.

The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone.

A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning.

Libraries offer, for free, the wisdom of the ages--and sages--and, simply put, there's something for everyone inside.

Rhetorical question: Did you get to where you are by accepting the status quo?I didn't.

(...) I do want to leave, in the desperate way that an animal wants to escape a trap. Wild and rabid. Ready to gnaw through bone.

It is by sitting down to write every morning that he becomes a writer. Those who do not do this remain amateurs.

The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of 'Carousel', and it was a very vivid experience.

Is it a bad sign when you see the person you're dating and get the same feeling as if you just saw police lights in you're rear view mirror?

And so while dreams are the individual man's play with reality, the sculptor's art is (in a broader sense) the play with dreams.

The surest mark of true conversion is humility.

I don't get a whole lot out of the romance thing, but I realize girls do. So I'll go out of my way to make them feel romanced.

I used to think getting old was about vanity but actually it's about losing people you love.

Play, creativity, art, spontaneity, all these experiences are their own rewards and are blocked when we perform for reward or punishment, profit or loss.