"I remembered as a teenager in the 1960s having to use a different drinking fountain and swimming in segregated pools, and that throughout her life, she had participated in many civil rights demonstrations."

"Growing up in a home where civil rights were a common topic of conversation, Beatty was further inspired to get involved in politics when she watched Jesse Jackson speak at the 1984 Democratic National Convention (Barone & McCutcheon)."

"History, though, does not simply reside in museum buildings full of objects and artifacts. It is not simply the tenant of attics, basements and garages. History is all around us."

"Making history with each of you today is a monumental moment in my life and in Los Angeles."

"If we are going to bring Angelenos inside and move our city in a new direction, we must have a single strategy to unite our city and county and engage the state, the federal government, the private sector and every other stakeholder."

"I am my own person. I will be the president. It will be his turn to run the company."

"These events and my classes changed me forever and helped mold my political philosophy and values."

"It would be impossible for a married couple to run a country together."

"As your mayor, I will never stop working for you, I will continue working with you to make sure our agenda and our administration truly reflects the full diversity and will of the people of Los Angeles."

"Since we are made of flesh, we must also talk of food for the body."

"I don’t believe the way to show my strength is by fighting. I believe the way to show my strength is by winning."

"When you know how to work with the people, to share with them the fruits of growth, I know that there will be justice in this country."

"My aim as a woman is to give the people of Madagascar the spiritual food they need"

"That’s why giving up teaching was a problem; you used to income monthly and suddenly you freelance and you don’t know where money is going to come from"

"If I add some Afrikaans words to my script abroad and get a reaction I know there’s South African’s present"

"If we really want to have a full interview, we can talk for five days. My life is so interesting because of all the shows I’ve done, places I have visited"

"We came from a background where we cleaned the theatre, we swept the stage. We came into the industry gradually. That’s what where drug abuse comes in sometimes, because often many young people can’t handle the pressure"

"Education is one thing they can’t take away from you"

"What you see is what you get; I cannot be pretentious"

"Etherton describes her as prolific and professional. "Show her something once, and she'll be able to do it better than you can""

"My goal is to work with my colleagues on the bench to help drive change to improve service to the public. These reforms include increasing efficiency and saving public resources, while making sure every person served by our court is treated with dignity and respect."

"When I began to really feel frightened at work was when it became evident no entity was going to intervene. The judicial system does not seem equipped to handle really bad behavior, so it inadvertently rewards bullying."

"I fall in love with the little birds, but they're transient, there are always new ones coming along."

"I think that anyone who is working creatively is a bit like litmus paper," she concludes. "I soak up a lot of stuff. I am hyper-sensitive and along the way I lead quite a conventional life. Maybe I am not acting out that stuff because it's in my work. It comes from existential angst. I think life's difficult."

"Most of us disregard the natural world. We're a very self-important part of something much bigger."

"As humans, I think we like to wait and wonder. Digital photography can't satisfy that need for me."

"I was going to get a gun or a taser or something. I was going to do something to protect myself."

"Wherever I go I get interested in native plants and animals"

"Editorial work came easily to me, but it was always a means to an end – it consumed me, it interested me, but I still found it creatively restrictive,"

"Much of my work is about love," she says. "I know that sounds naive, but it is about my relationship with people and their ability to trust me. I don't feel like I am manipulating people."

"The common link was that they all felt unloved as kids. I actually felt the whole thing wasn't that psychologically interesting. That's how it resonated with me. That's how they chose to rationalise it. I am a voyeur; at the same time I am willing to get stuck in too."

"You don't talk about `taxes,' you talk about keeping the house, keeping the job . . . New Hampshire is hurting so bad, it actually needs government."

"None of those positions was a job, but a chance to help solve problems for people who lacked resources to help themselves, I love public service and will never take for granted the responsibility imposed upon those of us who choose that path."

"She is an authentic Oklahoma legend, and it has been my unique privilege to have served with her."

"Jari has been a zealous advocate for the judiciary, and a faithful friend and wise counselor to every Oklahoma Chief Justice lucky enough to have benefitted from her service. While I believe that no single person is bigger than the office he or she may hold, I’ll make an exception for Jari Askins as our Administrative Director."

"As a feminist, I am not gentle with women who rely on a man to make them happy. I am talking about those, illiterate or not, who take their body for a commodity to be sold and naturally do not stop powdering and dusting their body so that the commodity is presentable to the man who wants to attribute some value to it and buy it."

"Racism is not inevitable. One only has to take the case of the United States of America, the history of this country, the Civil War, the abolition of slavery... The case of the United States is very significant for the history of racism and racial segregation. Martin Luther King fought and many other Black people still do...The Kuklux Klan existed and still exists, but over the years, it is losing ground although some Black Americans continue to be victims of racism. The struggle continues. We have known Black American ambassadors...For me, all this symbolizes in some way the decline of racism, a little more than just a glimmer of hope. Who knows how long it will take for South Africa to resemble New York where today, Whites and Blacks rub shoulders, mixing indifferently?."

"My book focuses on racism, a subject that concerns both women and men. It is aimed at a broader audience than just women. The injustices suffered by women may be partly the subject of my next work.But I think that rather than complaining, women would do better to learn how to defend themselves effectively, and for that, they need to study and better understand men, their weaknesses, their aspirations—in short, what goes on in men's heads."

"In four years Tunisia went through six transitional governments. We have indeed seen a drop of the State authority in the regions. Municipalities were destabilized. They were not managing their missions well anymore. This is no longer the case."

"Safety is the priority of the new government. It is essential to give back confidence to sources markets, entrepreneurs, and investors."

"If I did it, you can do it too and work your way up towards reuniting with your families and playing a meaningful role in society"

"At the end of the day we go back to the trenches as women to see where it is we didn’t go right to ensure that we got more women."

"The main reason why we keep pushing for women is that we believe as women we have the capacity and capability to be in a leadership position of the African National Congress."

"Look here I am today, a minister and have actively participated in the liberation of the country."

"To answer your question, I would say that despite the crisis and recent events, some hotels are still filled to capacity."

"We want to see more women in the leadership structures."

"We’ll take care of this security in a clear and visible way like you do in France with police forces wearing their uniforms on duty at touristic and cultural sites."

"But if you must know I myself got pregnant before the age of 16 and quickly got another baby when I was 16 and I disappointed my grandmother who was taking care of us through hardship."

"focus on education."

"You know, when I arrived at the Ministry, I was aware of the weaknesses of the tourism sector, the poor respect of the environment, the need to raise the quality of our resort services but also negotiating prices depending on the quality, the financial difficulties of hotels, the need to diversify the offer, and the restructuration of the ministry and its tourism management…"