“ I wanted to be with the kind of people I'd grown up with, but you can't go back to them and be one of them again, no matter how hard you try. Ethel Waters
“ Strength is one of those things you're supposed to have. You don't feel that you have it at the time you're going through it. Joan Didion
“ Breaking records is not something you expect to be doing. That's like a sports thing, it's not usually a comedy and writing thing. Louis C. K.
“ Tell me not of joy: there's none Now my little sparrow's gone He, just as you, Would toy and woo, He would chirp and flatter me, He would hang the wing awhile, Till at length he saw me smile, Lord! ho… William Cartwright
“ A beautiful person is someone who stays true to themselves and their spirit someone who is self-confident and can make you smile. Helena Christensen
“ The hardest thing is at the end you have to say bye to all these people who you have worked with for so many months. It was really sad not to see them anymore. But you have the parties that you go to… Dakota Fanning
“ You had to be into sport and, sad to say, I'm a traitor to my country because I don't have a sporting bone in my body. Geoffrey Rush
“ It's sad, something coming to an end. It cracks you open, in a way - cracks you open to feeling. Jennifer Aniston
“ In some ways England is more liberal than France, but I also find it more intrusive. But when you go abroad you have to accept the ways of where you live. I have to respect that. Arsene Wenger
“ I was very aware of office politics because I was so baffled by them. So much so goes unsaid. No one says 'you're a cheeky so-and-so,' no one says 'you're so moody,' nobody ever confronts anyone else… Denise Mina
“ I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you. Ann Richards
“ Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket you put your life into it and make something out of that. Mary Oliver
“ Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry. Gustave Flaubert
“ There is a criterion by which you can judge whether the thoughts you are thinking and the things you are doing are right for you. The criterion is: Have they brought you inner peace? Peace Pilgrim
“ I do think the patriotic thing to do is to critique my country. How else do you make a country better but by pointing out its flaws? Bill Maher
“ You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it. Malcolm X
