Art is not just to show life as it is, but to show life as it should be.

My father was a slave and my people died to build this country and I am going to stay here and have a part of it just like you.

The answer to injustice is not to silence the critic but to end the injustice.

The faces and the tactics of the leaders may change every four years, or two, or one, but the people go on forever.

As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this.

Artists are the gate keepers of truth. We are civilization’s radical voice.

In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color prejudice like in Mississippi, no color prejudice like in Washington. It was the first time I felt like a human being.

We ask for nothing that is not ours by right, and herein lies the great moral power of our demand.

Through my singing and acting and speaking, I want to make freedom ring. Maybe I can touch people's hearts better than I can their minds, with the common struggle of the common man.

My future depends mostly upon myself.

The intolerance of the few, or the risk of it, carries the day against the wider humanity of the many.

There has to be new words to explain new worlds.

Holy fu-" he starts then catches himself."Yes, this tithe will be most pleasing to her Goodness." Me and Magnus exchange amused glances.

A man is biologically incapable of giving ‘the look’.

My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for.

Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.

And a Famous Film Star who is left alone is more alone than any other person has ever been in the whole Histry of the World, because of the contrast to our normal enviromint.

I have always been a great fan of Peter Chan and many other great directors who specialize in anything outside of action.

Michael Jackson is one of the most normal people I know.

If you stand too close to a painting - all you see are patches of color, if you stand too far back, you can't see any of the detail.

You can't predict what's gonna happen, you can't predict if people are going to participate, you can't predict if there'll be interference.