Bella Quotes

The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.

I prefer the word 'homemaker' because 'housewife' always implies that there may be a wife someplace else.

I think everything about my life is magical. I've struggled, and against most odds, I'm truly having the experience of living my dreams.

Everyone suffers some injustice in life, and what better motivation than to help others not suffer in the same way.

I began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity. Before that, whenever I was at a meeting, someone would ask me to get coffee.

Never go back, never apologize, and never forget we're half the human race.

Women only cut their hair in times of crisis... It's somethin' a woman always has the power to do, even when she loses control over everything else. Cuttin' hair is a cry for help.

Women will change the nature of power, rather than power changing the nature of women.

Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over.

Congress is a middle-aged, middle-class, white male power structure ... no wonder it's been so totally unresponsive to the needs of this country.

Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein get appointed as an assistant professor. It is for a woman schlemiel to get as quickly promoted as a male schlemiel.

In two years, there were 22 military coups d'etat, essentially in Africa and the third world. The coup d'etat of Algiers, in 1965, is what opened the path.

If someone is trying to bring you down, it only means you're above them.

Colonialism is an idea born in the West that drives Western countries - like France, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain - to occupy countries outside of Europe.

Everywhere that the struggle for national freedom has triumphed, once the authorities agreed, there were military coups d'etat that overthrew their leaders. That is the result time and time again.

Ever since I was little I really loved boyish clothes - I had a real obsession with strict clothes, like uniforms. They really got me going.

Let me tell you something: You can live in a broken home, you can play with a broken toy, but you cannot love with a broken heart.

Don't try to impress people. Always be yourself!

Let us all agree to die a little, or even completely so that African unity may not be a vain word

They are a very extensive minority who have suffered discrimination and who have the same right to participation in the promise and fruits of society as every other individual.

In Britain the government has to come down in front of Parliament every day to explain its actions, but here the President never answers directly to Congress.

You always just have to be the best that you can be. And if you know that in your heart, then that's all that matters.

We are coming down from our pedestal and up from the laundry room.

Dancing inspires my music. Having your girlfriends all together and just being free and happy.

Maybe we weren't at the Last Supper, but we're certainly going to be at the next one.

She (a woman politician) will be challenging a system that is still wedded to militarism and that saves billions of dollars a year by underpaying women and using them as a reserve cheap labor supply

Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.

People piss you off but its always important to forgive and forget.

If we get a government that reflects more of what this country is really about, we can turn the century - and the economy - around.

I believe that anyone can become better,if you put in the effort.

I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.

I don't want to be that girl who has that same style all the time where the music always sounds exactly the same, and you always know it's her.

I love Michael Kors! I also love Miu Miu shoes - they're fabulous, I have so many pairs.

My makeup artist, Tonya Brewer, taught me the importance of moisturizing daily. Hydration is a must if you want pretty, dewy skin - which I love.

All the men on my staff can type.

I really love big scarves. I have a whole bunch.

When I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open.

My secret is one the world needs to know - nearly a billion people a year die from unsafe drinking water.

Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.

I think for me, home needs to be a sanctuary. I need to feel like I've escaped the day when I get home.

I don't have to try to be perfect because I know that my fans like me for who I am. They like me because I am weird and kind of funky, but still really calm.

I'd like to help other kids with dyslexia, because I'm dyslexic. It was very hard, and I know that what I went through, other kids are going through.

Abortion doesn't belong in the political arena. It's a private right, like many other rights concerning the family.

I am the son of poor peasants who came at a very young age to live in Algeria. I only recently saw the place where they were born, near the city of Marrakech.

Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.

The Humane Society is so great to work with. Because everyone there is so nice and supportive, and they're all animal lovers like me.

All on-set kisses are weird, no matter who it is, especially with people standing around coughing and sneezing. It's very uncomfortable!

I'm not a boy band kind of girl. I like hip-hop, I like R&B.

Music is a big part of my life. I listen to different genres, and I choose the music that will inspire the next part of my story.

It is obvious that taking the country from a state of war to being a lawful state won't be easy.