"In America, there are some artists who are more of an image than music; if your star status goes down there, you're finished."

“We are women of the world The colors of our souls, rich and beautiful We sing from the same heart, with many voices”

“It is ludicrous to believe that he meant nuclear weapons can be used. It is truly fearful to see how the mainstream media in the west can construct an adversary and that there are so few dissenting voices.”

Source : "Betting On The Blind Side" by Michael Lewis, www.vanityfair.com. April 2010.

“There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as the result of voluntary abandonment of further credit expansion, or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved.”

Source : Ludwig Von Mises (1963). “Human action: a treatise on economics”

“Pain is very often a maimed creature without a mouth.”

“If I ever get to 100, I'd want to be filled with wonder and wild, adolescent, wide-eyed interest in newness. So let's keep the flame burning. Let's stop thinking everyone over 29, or 49, has to be reinforced by concrete.”

“Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.”

Source : Foreword in "Girl Boss: Running the Show Like the Big Chicks: Entrepreneurial Skills, Stories, and Encouragement for Modern Girls" by Stacy Kravetz, 1999.

“Write. Write every day. Write honestly. Write something that doesn’t exist, and you wish did. Read. Learn. Study. Watch people. Listen to what they say, listen to how they say it and listen to what they do not say. Surprise yourself. Scare yourself.”

“Once you know who you really are, being is enough. You feel neither superior to anyone nor inferior to anyone and you have no need for approval because you've awakened to your own infinite worth.”