Acting, Minor of Gifts, Shirley Temple, Katharine Hepburn

“Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four.” - Katharine Hepburn

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 31.

Good Friends, Books, Conscience, Mark Twain

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” ― Mark Twain

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1244.Mark_Twain.

Mankind, Peace, Gift, Elie Wiesel

"Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other." - Elie Wiesel

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/eliewiesel112799.html.

Grow Up, Grow Old, Give Up Something, Ignorance, Maya Angelou

“Most people don't really grow up. What they do is grow old, they grow tiresome even and self-righteous maybe, for it is hard to grow. Because it means they must give up something. Usually their ignorance.” - Maya Angelou, in New York Newsday, Jan. 12, 1993

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 11.

Master's Tools, Master's House, Audre Lorde

"The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house." - Audre Lorde

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/audrelorde357280.html

Deep Trouble, Serving Others, Courage, Struggle, Cornel West

“The country is in deep trouble. We've forgotten that a rich life consists fundamentally of serving others, trying to leave the world a little better than you found it. We need the courage to question the powers that be, the courage to be impatient with evil and patient with people, the courage to fight for social justice. In many instances we will be stepping out on nothing, and just hoping to land on something. But that's the struggle. To live is to wrestle with despair, yet never allow despair to have the last word.” ― Cornel West

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6176.Cornel_West.

Goebbels, Stalin, Free Speech, Noam Chomsky

“Goebbels was in favor of free speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you’re really in favor of free speech, then you’re in favor of freedom of speech for precisely the views you despise. Otherwise, you’re not in favor of free speech.” ― Noam Chomsky

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/2476.Noam_Chomsky.