"To 'coach' comes from the physical horse-and-buggy coach, referring to something that gets someone from where they are now to where they want to be. You help someone get from where they are to where they want to be."

“At my hotel room, my friend came over and asked to use the phone. I said Certainly. He said Do I need to dial 9 I say Yeah. Especially if it's in the number. You can try four and five back to back real quick.”

“There are two lives to each of us, the life of our actions, and the life of our minds and hearts. History reveals men's deeds and their outward characters, but not themselves. There is a secret self that has its own life, unpenetrated and unguessed.”

“If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.”

Source : "Rachel Johnson: 'I have a duty not to be boring'". Interview with Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. April 26, 2010.

“There is no failure except the failure of trying.”

“How can one call that a defeat? There is no such thing.”

“I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet.”

“Every religion has demons.... Nothing like a real, live demon to give you some of that old-time religion.”

“Not everything worth keeping has to be useful.”

Source : Cynthia Lord (2013). “Rules”, p.38, Scholastic Inc.