Some say that I was once uncommonly beautiful, but I wouldn't wish beauty on any woman who has not her own freedom, and who chooses not the hands that claim her.

To gaze into another persons face is to do two things: to recognise their humanity and to assert your own.

I had learned that there were times when fighting was impossible, when the best thing to do was to wait and to learn.

When it comes to understanding others, we rarely tax our imaginations.

We are never really beyond it... slavery continues to this day.

Never have I met a person doing terrible things who would meet my own eyes peacefully. To gaze into another person's face is to do two things: to recognize their humanity, and to assert your own.

You must learn to respect," Papa said. But I do not respect her," I said. Papa paused for a moment, and patted my leg. "Then you must learn to hide your disrespect.

Redemption is invented by the sinner.

Sometimes a deal with the devil is better than no deal at all.

Today you live, child. Tomorrow, you dream.

beware the clever man that makes the wrong look right

Tying the little folks with the older folks is a great and powerful tool to preserve and to protect the family and the individual.

Talking to strangers sounded like talking to no one, which Henry had some firsthand experience in- in real life. It was lonely. Almost as lonely as Lake View Cemetery, where he'd buried Ethel.

Materialism sets us free from sin-by proving that there is no such thing as sin. There's just antisocial behavior, which we can control with measures like laws and educational programs.

I would like to instill in people just to work hard. As long as they keep at it, their dreams will happen.

First and foremost, Scotland is my home, and I do consider myself Scottish, but I also feel very British, and I hope that Scotland stays within the Union. I have a real concern about independence.

[Working with survivors] it's just a whole different level of concern and that is something that was categorically different working on this film than any other project we had done.

If you know that this life is all that you have, wouldn't you make the most of it?

The only people that deserve to be called Americans are Native Americans, otherwise, I'm a Latino American, you know.... Anybody else... well where did you come from?

For me the music is a vehicle for my lyrics. It's a chance to get some really good words across.

If you are moneyed or educated, you will get a different sentence than someone who is not.