"It was painful for me several years ago when several friends were arrested. I said nothing. I didn’t want to lose my job or my freedom. I worried about my family. I have made a different choice now. I have left my home, my family and my job, and I am raising my voice. To do otherwise would betray those who languish in prison. I can speak when so many cannot. I want you to know that Saudi Arabia has not always been as it is now. We Saudis deserve better." - Jamal Khashoggi
Signs placed by freeways in Los Angeles, California
“Life is pain... Anyone who says differently is selling something.”
- William Goldman
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"Let me be known as just the man that told you something you already knew." - Woody Guthrie
"Truth is on the march, and nothing will stop it." - Emile Zola
"I love LA... such bon vivance in the face of inevitable doom..." - Bette Midler
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"Activism is the rent I pay for living on the planet." - Alice Walker
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