"For very strangely his officers looked upon Jack Aubrey as a moral figure, in spite of all proofs of the contrary..."

“Much did I rage when young, Being by the world oppressed, But now with flattering tongue It speeds the parting guest.”

“All I can do is be me, whoever that is.”

Source : Bob Dylan (2007). “Dylan on Dylan: The Essential Interviews”, Hodder & Stoughton

“I've hated cockroaches my entire life.Tweeting jokes about it helps me cope, in a way. I'm not as jumpy killing cave crickets as I used to be. I still jump plenty though.”

Source : Source: postgradproblems.com

“When you are genuinely strong, you neither attack nor defend and so retain your energy.”

“Yes, I heard my people singing!-in the glow of parlor coal-stove and on summer porches sweet with lilac air, from choir loft and Sunday morning pews-and my soul was filled with their harmonies. Then, too, I heard these songs in the very sermons of my father, for in the Negro's speech there is much of the phrasing and rhythms of folk-song. The great, soaring gospels we love are merely sermons that are sung; and as we thrill to such gifted gospel singers as Mahalia Jackson, we hear the rhythmic eloquence of our preachers, so many of whom, like my father, are masters of poetic speech.”

“I think the American people were saying we do not want to have further investigation. We want to close this off. They clearly made a separation between the personal conduct .. They want Congress to wrap it up, get it behind them, so we can get on to the issues that the president has been working with Congress.”

“I care about how you feel when you're wearing something, because I think that if you feel confident, you look beautiful.”

“There were all us baby boomers who had a grammar school education, started to learn, then went on the pill, the whole thing, and so there are today a lot more women writers, editors, producers, and so a lot more women's stories. God, the BBC's practically run by women.”

Source : "Bafta TV special/Julie Walters: Queen of the screen". Interview with Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. May 19, 2012.