Twelve Years A Slave Quotes

#1. You know what I am, not who I am. There is a difference.

Lisa Kessler

#2. I've been out on the book tour going through Pittsburgh, St Louis and Cleveland, Dayton and Orlando, Raleigh-Durham. I sign many books for people.

Jamie Farr

#3. I did what I thought was right. I'm not trying to win any popularity contest.

Sue Eakin

#4. But perhaps the next step isn't to, once again, expand the otherwise narrow definition of marriage but to altogether abolish the false distinction between married families and other equally valid but unrecognized partnerships.

Sally Kohn

#5. That's not fair!"
"Life's not fair, Kaspar. You know that. You had a slave for - how long?"
"Twelve years."
"Did you treat him 'fairly'? No, of course not. You beat him when you were in a bad mood, because it made you feel better, and when you felt better you beat him some more.

Clive Barker

#6. Most research is a synthesis of problem solving and creativity.

Joan Z. Borysenko

#7. I am pleased to be part of Promontory's steady efforts to assist banks and other financial firms in meeting legal and regulatory obligations and challenges.

Laurence D. Fink