"Fat is merely stored energy. It is a physical state, nothing more and nothing less. It implies zero about your value as a person in this world."

“This Constitution does not reflect the thoughts, hopes and aspirations of ordinary people. It does nothing for jobs or economic growth and widens further still the democratic deficit.”

“A map is not a journey.”

Source : Phyllis A. Whitney (1988). “Guide to Fiction Writing”, Writer

“When I went to college I knew what I wanted to study, and what career I wanted to pursue. I wanted to study psychology in order to become a clinical psychologist.”

Source : "Buddhist howls". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. December 28, 2012.

“Each to choose their own paths in life, regardless of education, no one can predict the outcome, then one goal in front of him. Anything that can be based on the values of what's coming”

“The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it.”

Source : Katherine Paterson (2001). “The Invisible Child: On Reading and Writing Books for Children”, Dutton Juvenile

“I work for the public, for the people who are paying to go to the cinema, rather than for the critics.”

“Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 18, 2016

“Big brows weren’t the look in L.A., where I grew up. But my mom instilled in me that it’s the quirky things that make you beautiful.”