People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.

Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance... and courage.

Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.

To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her personality.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.

I don't mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.

Women sometimes go too far, it's true. But it's only when you go too far that others listen.

To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.

Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.

I hated labels anyway. People didn't fit in slots--prostitute, housewife, saint--like sorting the mail. We were so mutable, fluid with fear and desire, ideals and angles, changeable as water.

It seems to me that wherever religion and politics mix in one body, fascist values - and not 'family values' - rear their ugly head.

I still have my little red hardcover notebook—spine now held in place by packing tape, pages dotted with cooking stains—filled with her loving instructions for mandelbrot, nut cake, and strudel.

Some people just want to be part of the story, even if it’s a story that’s completely fabricated.

Comedy is this weird thing. You have no idea why certain things work and other things don't work.

I have nothing but admiration for the actors on soap operas. It is unbelievably challenging to put out an hour show in one day.

Anytime destruction of another is needed in order to advance one's own aims or goals, then the goals need to be reevaluated.

Believe me, there exists no such dilemma as that in which a gentleman is placed when he is forced to reply to a blackguard.

That's the magic of revisions - every cut is necessary, and every cut hurts, but something new always grows.

You have a divine right to choose whom you will play with and under what circumstances. By eliminating any energy drag, the positive good things in your life will resonate faster and faster.