In terms of having views and being prepared to express them, yes, I think New Zealand's had a leadership role in a lot of things.

Girls can do anything. We do do anything and we expect to be treated as equals.

Someone's got to break the glass ceiling, and once it's broken, everybody else comes clamouring up behind.

No country will reach its full potential if its female citizens do not enjoy full equality.

Never look back. Move on. Aim high. Etc.

Any serious shift towards more sustainable societies has to include gender equality.

I only take on roles that I'm passionate about. Life is too short to do things that you're not happy with.

If ordinary means I have suddenly got to produce a household of kids and iron Peter's shirts, I'm sorry, I'm not interested.

Equity, dignity, happiness, sustainability - these are all fundamental to our lives but absent in the GDP.

I deeply detest social distinction and snobbery, and in that lies my strong aversion to titular honours.

If the market is left to sort matters out, social injustice will be heightened and suffering in the community will grow with the neglect the market fosters.

And I remember quiet evenings trembling close to you...

Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.

Cricket, however, has more in it than mere efficiency. There is something called the spirit of cricket, which cannot be defined.

When one has not long to live, why shouldn't one have fancies?

A messy house is a must - it separates your true friends from other friends. Real friends are there to visit you not your house!

I personally subscribe to the belief that normal is just a setting on the dryer.

Indiana,’ he said. ‘They steal the land from the Indians and leave the name, yes?

Men talk of heaven, - there is no heaven but here; Men talk of hell, - there is no hell but here; Men of hereafters talk and future lives, - O love, there is no other life - but here.

Whom the dawn sees proud, evening sees prostrate.

I used to get some ego thing out of saying I wasn't a star, just an actress. Forget it. I'm a star. I wanted it. I worked for it. I got it.