I really believe Ive been a good person. Not perfect – forget about perfect – but just learning by what I was taught and living by my own values. I might have stepped on a few ants – and a few other things as well – but Ive never hurt anybody. – Kiri Te Kanawa

Women have to harness their power – its absolutely true. Its just learning not to take the first no. And if you cant go straight ahead, you go around the corner. – Cher

The battle was first waged over the right of the Negro to be classed as a human being with a soul later, as to whether he had sufficient intellect to master even the rudiments of learning and today it is being fought out over his social recognition. – James Weldon Johnson