"The proof of battle is action, proof of words, debate. No time for speeches now, it's time to fight."

“I think I've become more understanding of people around me compared to before. I try to understand other people's tendencies and relationships. I've been able to laugh off a lot of things between myself and others, but it's still difficult trying to look at things from their perspectives.”

“For a bookworm like Mother, a Brontë novel sister was better than a biological one.”

Source : Eileen Favorite (2007). “The Heroines: A Novel”, p.185, Simon and Schuster

“Art really is something very difficult. It is difficult to make, and it is sometimes difficult for the viewer to understand. It is difficult to work out what is art and what is not art.”

Source : "A life in art: Anselm Kiefer" by Nicholas Wroe, www.theguardian.com. March 21, 2011.

“I'm like any Brazilian: I like to go out and enjoy myself.”

“It's a sin to have your films not to make money.”

Source : "Ellen Burstyn - part two". The Guardian interview at the BFI, www.theguardian.com. November 4, 2000.

“The minimum wage is mostly an entry-level wage for young people.”

Source : "Study: Most sponsors of minimum wage hike bill don't pay interns". www.foxnews.com. January 27, 2014.

“God's mercies are new every morning. Receive them.”

“You go through spells where you feel that maybe you're too sensitive for this world. I certainly felt that.”