“I wrote some bad poetry that I published in North African journals, bu...” — Jacques Derrida Quote

“I wrote some bad poetry that I published in North African journals, but even as I withdrew into this reading, I also led the life of a kind of young hooligan.”

“The poet…is the man of metaphor: while the philosopher is interested only in the truth of meaning, beyond even signs and names, and the sophist manipulates empty signs…the poet plays on the multiplicity of signifieds.”

“The first problem of the media is posed by what does not get translated, or even published in the dominant political languages.”

“Currently, more than 4.7 million African Americans receive Social Security benefits, and nearly 8 million people with disabilities depend on Social Security for their daily sustenance.”

“It's such a big deal, the notion that these enslaved Africans had marriages and children... because therein lies our humanity, our capacity for love.”

“We have songs that are inspired by the Latin side. We have songs that are inspired by rock, African rhythms. Whatever country we go to usually inspires us.”