But as for activism, my parents did what they could, given the constraints, but were never involved in the causes I think of when I think of activists.

The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.

If access to health care is considered a human right, who is considered human enough to have that right?

For me, an area of moral clarity is: you're in front of someone who's suffering and you have the tools at your disposal to alleviate that suffering or even eradicate it, and you act.

It is clear that the pharmaceutical industry is not, by any stretch of the imagination, doing enough to ensure that the poor have access to adequate medical care.

The essence of global health equity is the idea that something so precious as health might be viewed as a right.

With rare exceptions, all of your most important achievements on this planet will come from working with others- or, in a word, partnership.

What I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable.

If I am hungry, that is a material problem; if someone else is hungry, that is a spiritual problem.

We have to design a health delivery system by actually talking to people and asking, 'What would make this service better for you?' As soon as you start asking, you get a flood of answers.

That's when I feel most alive, when I'm helping people.

You can critique her writing, but not her lifestyle.

Knowledge does not come through force. it can not be taken, it can only be freely received.

A lot of people provide me with quotes. They suggest all kinds of things to say and I do, really, because I'm not very hip at all.

I think your life is governed not by the bricks or mortar around you, its governed by who holds your hand and who spits in your eye.

The best that a parent can be... A demonstrator... A consistent, constant demonstrator of being in your own Vortex.

Weakness leaves, pride comes in. Confidence grows. Successful life.

I believe that we have more capability than any other creature to control our biological inheritance - and we do so most of the time.

Human life runs its course in the metamorphosis between receiving and giving.

I just want to do films 'cause I like being someone else. My music is kind of like my diary. I'll always do that... I just feel like the music industry isn't as positive as I'd like it to be.

I have always loved Waffle House. It's been like an oasis in the desert many times late at night after one of my concerts.