A. Philip Randolph
A. Philip Randolph

Patriotism has no appeal to us; justice has. Party has no weight with us; principle has. Loyalty is meaningless; it depends on what one is loyal to.

A. Philip Randolph
A. Philip Randolph

I don't ever remember a single day of hopelessness. I knew from the history of the labor movement, especially of the black people, that it was an undertaking of great trial. That, live or die, I had to stick with it, and we had to win.

A. Philip Randolph
A. Philip Randolph

Negroes must be free in order to be equal, and they must be equal in order to be free... Men cannot win freedom unless they win equality. They cannot win equality unless they win freedom.

A. R. Ammons
A. R. Ammons

Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone.

A. R. Ammons
A. R. Ammons

Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values.

A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman

I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.

A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman

I feel blessed and humbled that people have loved my music. Nothing would be possible without their acceptance.

A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman

Comedy is a universal language. I grew up watching Nagesh, Surilirajan, Thenga Srinivasan and S.V. Shekhar's comedies. And, of course, Charlie Chaplin! These artists are so blessed: they can make other people happy.

A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman

The more dollars the studio producers put in, the less freedom we have. If the budget hits $100m, they get scared - they'll take the existing score of a successful movie and expect composers to copy it, like wallpaper. The biggest challenge for any composer in Hollywood is to be as creative as possible within those boundaries.

A. Scott Berg
A. Scott Berg

I'm so blessed to have such enlightened parents. It must have been very hard to watch their able-bodied son lock himself up in his old room for most of his 20s.