"This is the duty of our generation as we enter the twenty-first century -- solidarity with the weak, the persecuted, the lonely, the sick, and those in despair. It is expressed by the desire to give a noble and humanizing meaning to a community in which all members will define themselves not by their own identity but by that of others." - Elie Wiesel
"One single Anne Frank moves us more than the countless others who suffered just as she did, but whose faces have remained in the shadows. Perhaps it is better that way: if we were capable of taking in the suffering of all those people, we would not be able to live." - Primo Levi
Some stuff I enjoy: Jets to Brazil, Elliot Smith, Jeff Buckley, Ani Difranco, Tori Amos, Dashboad Confessional, Sublime, Rilo Kiley, Queen, Aimee Mann, Radiohead, Fiona Apple, Green Day, Lauryn Hill, Yo Yo Ma, The Beatles, John Lennon, Nirvana, Counting Crows, The Other Experience, Sheryl Crow, Hole, No Doubt, Bob Dylan, Dixie Chicks, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald, Poe, Bob Marley, Cream, Dr. Dre, Li'l Kim, The Buds, Christina Aguilera, Louise Attaque, Madonna, Fleetwood Mac, Carla Bruni, Red Hot Chili Peppers. And I love soundtracks: Almost Famous, The Royal Tenenbaums, Moulin Rouge, Frida, Empire Records, The Sound of Music, Steal This Movie, The Commitments, Chocolat....
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Almost Famous, Iron Jawed Angels, Pride and Prejudice, Chasing Amy, High Fidelity, The Girl in the Cafe, Moulin Rouge, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Dead Poets Society, Fried Green Tomatoes, L'Auberge Espagnol, Home for the Holidays, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Frida, Les Choristes, Igby Goes Down, Vipere au Poing, The Last of the Mohicans, Girl Interrupted, Chocolat, Spy Game, Un Long Dimanche de Fiancailles, Harry Potter, French Kiss...
The West Wing, Studio 60, The Unit, Grey's Anatomy, Kidnapped, C-Span, The Daily Show, Law and Order, CNN. Also, documentaries on the History Channel or National Geographic Channel and Absolutely Fabulous. Guilty Pleasures: America's Next Top Model
Raise High The Roofbeam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction by Salinger, A Perfect Day for Bananafish by Salinger (Nine Stories), The Chalice and The Blade, Sacred Pleasure, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Bridget Jones:The Edge of Reason, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Just How Far, Do They Hear You When You Cry, Why I'm Like This, America (by Jon Stewart), Anne of Green Gables, Siddhartha, A Wrinkle in Time, The Constant Gardener, Interview With a Vampire, A Tale of Two Cities, The Witching Hour, High Maintenance...