"I hate short hair on men - the 'real' man is something I don't know. My dad was always playing with hairbands, making rings, while the women were wearing jeans, white T-shirts and Converse. That was the uniform at home."

“Something about the joy and pain of that moment, something about the excruciating contrast, made me feel that no matter what happens now, my life has been worth it. What a ride.”

“The economic and political roots of the conflicts are too strong for us to pretend to create a lasting state of harmonious understanding between men.”

Source : Alva Myrdal's Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1982.

“As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.”

“The greatness of art is not in the display of knowledge, or in material accuracy, but in the distinctness with which it conveys the impressions of a personal vital force, that acts spontaneously, without fear or hesitation.”

“The happy have whole days, and those they choose. The unhappy have but hours, and those they lose.”

Source : Colley Cibber (1777). “The double gallant; Ximena; the comical lovers; The non-juror”, p.83

“Buy Old Masters. They fetch a much better price than old mistresses.”

“The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.”

Source : Laurence Sterne (1849). “The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman”, p.65

“We tend to find what we look for in other people.”