"But actual rapists, men who are usually known to (and often loved by) their victims? Men who are sometimes our sports heroes, political leaders, buddies, boyfriends and fathers? Evidence suggests we don't despise them nearly as much as we should."

-- Jaclyn Friedman

#Sports Quotes #Father Quotes #Hero Quotes

“But what I could see out of the corner of my eye made me think of two lovely bundles of silk floating along a stream. In a moment they were hovering on the walkway in front of me, where they sank down and smoothed their kimono across their knees.”
“It was a big step, to go from not talking to people to stepping on to a stage. That's when I felt the most comfortable, because I could do anything I wanted to and say anything I wanted to, even if people didn't laugh.”

Source : "Exclusive Interview: Glee's Harry Shum, Jr." by Neha Gandhi, www.seventeen.com. October 11, 2011.
“They do say that socialism is the ideal philosophy-just as long as you have capitalists to pay for it.”

Source : Wilbur Smith (2008). “The Leopard Hunts in Darkness”, p.105, Pan Macmillan
“Ash has worked with my dad, so I have to call her Aunty, na?”
“Be grateful for yourself...be thankful.”
“I just have this thing inside me that wants to eat and conquer. Maybe it's egotistical, but I have it in me. I don't want to be a tycoon. I just want to conquer people and their souls.”
“I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.”
“On the stage you're there, it's live. There's a beginning, a middle, an end. When something is funny you hear it right away.”

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