"Plagiarism has been around far longer than the Internet. In fact, I had a poem published in 'Seventeen' magazine when I was 15 years old. About a year later I was informed that there was a girl who used that same poem to win a statewide poetry competition in Alabama. It took months for people to put together that this had happened."

-- Megan McCafferty

#Girl Quotes #Winning Quotes #Years Quotes

“My early paintings weren't that good - I was very influenced by Francis Bacon. But there was a kind of intensity there. And however influenced they may have been by other people, even my earliest paintings were recognisably my own.”
“I don't believe in sharing my money. If I go out and work my nuts off and make some money, I don't feel that I should have to share it with my community.”
“I'm a little bit of a control freak.”
“A low self-image is usually not based upon facts; it's mismanaged memory.”
“Learning about factory farms and their horrendous treatment of animals is what made me become vegetarian in the first place. I also support the education of the public on adopting pets from animal shelters or saving homeless animals off the street in lieu of buying them from pet shops.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways. But the real role models should be your parents and teachers!”
“Greatness finds us by obstacles in front of us. I donâ€™t look at hurdles as obstacles blocking my path but opportunities to overcome.”

Source : FaceBook post by Lolo Jones from Aug 04, 2012
“As I write in 2012 we certainly do not believe that it is over yet, and the worst may be yet to come. Efforts by governments to solve the underlying problems responsible for the crisis have still not gotten very far, and the 'stress tests' that governments have used to encourage optimism about our financial institutions were of questionable thoroughness.”

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