They do not understand Islam, and I think that is one area where perhaps I hope one day I will play a role in actually making people understand what we perceive Islam to be.

You know what's funny is that I have this ongoing relationship with the city of Washington D.C. I went to George Washington University, and my nickname was K-Dub - based on G-Dub - and I'm now on the board of trustees at George Washington University.

Kerry Washington

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.

Anatole France

I was using tape loops for dancers and dance production. I had very funky primitive equipment, in fact technology wasn't very good no matter how much money you had.

Terry Riley

If a man dreams that he has committed a sin before which the sun hid his face, it is often safe to conjecture that, in sheer forgetfulness, he wore a red tie, or brown boots with evening dress.

Arthur Machen

The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.

Albert Camus

By nature, men love newfangledness.

Geoffrey Chaucer

Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

Gore Vidal

Art indeed may not change anything, and yet on some very basic level, life is insupportable without it.

Richard Matturro

Official truths are often powerful illusions

John Pilger

The most simple things can bring the most happiness.

Izabella Scorupco

History is written by the victors.

Winston Churchill

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

Reinhold Niebuhr, The Children o