Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

I've always been the sort of person who immerses myself in things, and eventually you become part of that life.

All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.

Senators, like everyone else, want to feel a part of this decision-making process. They want to feel included.

If you remain unsettled by a piece of writing, it means you are not watching the story from the outside; you've already taken a step towards it.

As soon as I gave birth, it was as if you understand them. They become people, not kids. You start to identify with them. You see yourself in them.

Books allow you to see the world through the eyes of others.

I try to be of the world, rather than just observing it.

There's drama in everything. That's why I love movies. Like 'Welcome to the Dollhouse.' I'm a 350-pound black man, and I could understand what it was like to be a little white girl.

You need the audience to go on the ride with you. You can't just isolate them.

For me, I feel like I relate to a lot of people.

I love election day, and I love to vote.

We are not perfect. Democracy is a messy business … Democracy depends on people getting and keeping involved … In our democracy, the government is not them; it is us.

A lot of people are not interested in stories in which they don't see themselves.

The most important thing is to tell people to go out and vote.

When I step on the stage and sing 'Wait for It,' I'm singing that for everybody. I don't mean I'm singing it for them; I mean, you are their voice.

I like the idea of a broader range of people feeling seen.

Fraternity and compassion are written into nature's DNA.

John David captured the 25-year-old essence of me very well. I'm proud to call him a Stallworth brother.

The one sure way of participating in the process of nation-building is to vote on the election day.

I want children to look at me and see my face and I want them to see their faces reflected in mine.

We looked into each other's eyes. I saw myself, she saw herself.

Take part. Contribute. Be interested in everything and everybody.

To know another's heart, you must first know your own.

She stopped and leant her elbows against the parapet of the embankment. He did likewise. There is at times a magic in identity of position; it is one of the things that have suggested to us eternal comradeship.

Votes are something that you earn.