"There's certain things I try to avoid, as an actress, just to keep my world from being as narrow as it could be."

“It is difficult to thinkof any circumstances where learning may be said to be impossible.”

Source : Quoted in R S Peters (ed) TheConcept of Education (1966), ch.10, 'Learning and Teaching'.

“My mother Elizabeth Ivey Brubeck was a pianist who studied with Dame Myra Hess and Tobias Matthey. As a child in California I used to listen to her play Chopin.”

“The rebels did more in one night than my whole army would have done in one month.”

“I still live very, very simply. I'm afraid to get comfortable because I'm afraid I'll lose that sense of where I've come from and that drive that's gotten me to where I'm at. When I travel I could stay at the Four Seasons, but it doesn't do as much for my soul staying in those places. When I stay at a hostel, it keeps me centered and I love the people I meet. There are great people in those nice places too, but I'm going to relate more to that backpacker in that hostel who is super excited about life and seeing beauty in the small things the way that I am.”

Source : Source: people.com

“Don't limit yourself and don't let anyone put a limit on your potential.”

Source : Twitter post from Jan 25, 2015

“We must accept our pain Change what we can and laugh at the rest”

“Even in developing markets, we're seeing the growth of digital communication is proceeding at a very rapid pace.”

Source : "Kraft CEO Irene Rosenfeld says innovation is key". Interview with David Lieberman, abcnews.go.com. December 10, 2008.

“What shall I do with all the days and hours That must be counted ere I see thy face? How shall I charm the interval that lowers Between this time and that sweet time of grace?”