The art world can be very intimidating because it's just so vast. You talk to people who are really clued in to all the young artists and coming into it you're never going to be able to catch up immediately, even though there's pressure to. Use this quote
I always had a long-term view of going into politics, so I suppose I was always careful. I mean, I got offered all these rinky dink tax deals, but I always paid my taxes. I am naturally quite conservative. Use this quote
My family is just an amazing melting pot of wonderful religions and faiths. Use this quote
My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the little bits are that don't meet. And then your friends say: It's terrific! Use this quote
With everything that is complex, we learn. If you don't learn, then it's an utter and abject failure. If you do learn, and you're able to apply that to the next situation, then you take away a measure of success. Use this quote
The same people who are murdered slowly in the mechanized slaughterhouses of work are also arguing, singing, drinking, dancing, making love, holding the streets, picking up weapons and inventing a new poetry. Use this quote
It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion. Use this quote
The Amen of nature is always a flower. Use this quote
I first became interested in women and religion when I was one of the few women doing graduate work in Religious Studies at Yale University in the late 1960's. Use this quote
There must be freedom for all to live, to think, to worship, no book, no avenue must be closed. Use this quote
I was really lucky that I came to puberty at a time when music and politics were completely intertwined. Use this quote
You think that religion is a thing that is there to help you and to see you through life, and then you wake up one morning and find the entire Irish situation, the civil war that's based on religion. Use this quote
God did not intend religion to be an exercise club. Use this quote
Thug Life to me is dead. Use this quote
If I were dying my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end. Use this quote
When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator. Use this quote
Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all. Use this quote
Since Castro took power, the Cuban people have been denied basic human freedoms. No freedom of religion, no freedom of the press, no political freedom. And the regime uses brutality and violence to suppress these freedoms and impose its will. Use this quote
I have the strength to endure it all. Use this quote
If you're lucky like me, your relationship with your brother has resolved itself on the peaceful side of the fence and has stayed there. But if you're someone who's got a family that's all fractured and finding it hard to relate, that's a very sad place to be. Use this quote
