For those who have lived on the edge of poverty all their lives, the semblance of poverty affected by the affluent is both incomprehensible and insulting.

No revolution creates a wholly new universe. Rather, it reflects the history and culture that spawned it.

We are a society that values a man for what he does in the world, a woman for how she looks.

The ideal visions of one age eventually are seen as its excesses by the next.

Women find ways to give sense and meaning to daily life--ways to be useful in the community, to keep mind active and soul growingeven while they change diapers and cook vegetables.

Intimacy. We hunger for it, but we also fear it.

The structure of the family is not born in nature but in human design. What we can do, we can also undo.

Sometimes we choose a friend who mirrors our fantasies, dreams of a self we wish we could be.

The depth of a friendship - how much it means to us ... depends, at least in part, upon how many parts of ourselves a friend sees, shares and validates.

Indeed, it is that ambiguity and ambivalence which often is so puzzling in women

The real frienship is like fluorescence, it shines better when everything has darken.

You are part of divine purpose. You have a divine power within you.

An ordinary intellect will, by industry and perseverance, often accomplish more than a much superior one, deficient in energy and the power of endurance.

If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.

He (Lou Gehrig) just went out and did his job every day.

The Past Is Gone, And Cannot Harm You Any More & While The Future Is Fast Coming For You, It Always Flinches First. And Settles In As The Gentle Present.

A tendency to exaggeration was a Roman trait.

When a prisoner sees the door of his dungeon open, he dashes for it without stopping to think where he shall get his dinner outside.

If you love your work, you'll be out there every day trying to do it the best you possibly can, and pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you - like a fever.

To me everything is fun. I've started Twittering or tweeting recently and that's been fun.