Quotes by Mary E. Pearson

… Change doesn’t happen overnight-it’s molded by people who don’t give up  …and time becomes a forgotten detail.  A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten . . .  Are the details of our lives who we are, or is it owning those details that makes the difference?  Awareness … Read more

Quotes by Johnny Weir

Anytime you get men in glitter, it’s a flamboyant occasion!  Being in the public eye is part of what I do, and taking on a multitude of different projects – television, radio, fashion, writing or deep-sea diving – is a blessing. It is also how I pay my bills and fund my own skating, as … Read more

Quotes by Doug Fields

As an advocate for kids for over twenty years, I have watched things change since I was in school. Thankfully, this book made me face what I intuitively knew was real but pretended wasn’t: The youth of our culture have been deeply wounded by our collective neglect and adult-driven self-focus. Young people need adults to … Read more

Quotes by August Wilson

. . . what happened, of course, was that I was writing a play set in the 1940’s that was supposed to be somehow representative of black American life, and I didn’t have any women in there. And I knew that wasn’t going to work.  A novelist writes a novel, and people read it. But … Read more

Quotes by Jean Ziegler

1 billion people are permanently and seriously malnourished. Every five seconds, a child dies.  A child who dies from hunger is a murdered child.  Agrofuel is a crime against humanity and I believe there should be a moratorium put in place until there is some way to eradicate the many problems it creates.  I’m against … Read more