"I've enjoyed the pleasures of working since I was 12 and earned all my own spending money since I was 14."

“The inner music of the Soul is the real song. It's tunes are self-existing and self-supporting and need no outer aids of hands, feet or tongue and lead to the source from whence they come, the Minstrel divine.”

“Our attitude towards suffering becomes very important because it can affect how we cope with suffering when it arises.”

“This mystical stream [contemplative prayer] is the Western bridge to Far Eastern spirituality.”

“Nothing is impossible in the United States.”

Source : Ève Curie (1937). “Madame Curie: a biography”

“I used to be and I still am into psychology. I would like to be able to pursue something like that, but I don't know. The older I've gotten, the more endearing this business has become and I can't really imagine leaving it”

“Irreverence is the lifeblood of freedom.”

Source : "Charlie Hebdo shooting: police release names and photos of two brothers wanted for the attack - as it happened" by Ben Doherty, Helen Davidson, www.theguardian.com. January 8, 2015.

“The rarest of all things in American life is charm. We spend billions every year manufacturing fake charm that goes under the heading of public relations. Without it, America would be grim indeed.”

“After years of struggle, the U.S. Supreme Court today has made same-sex marriage a reality in California ... I have directed the California Department of Public Health to advise the state's counties that they must begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in California”

Source : "Federal appeals court is expected to wait on Prop. 8 action" by Maura Dolan, www.latimes.com. June 26, 2013.