"I’ve never lived my life by the expectations society puts on you. When something doesn’t feel right or isn’t going the way it should, I listen to my instincts and change it."

“Much of the criticism of economic globalization has centered on factory labor abuses. But the majority of the world's poor are not employed in factories; they are self-employed - as peasant farmers, rural peddlers, urban hawkers, and small producers, usually involved in agriculture and small trade in the world's vast "informal" economy .”

Source : David Bornstein (2007). “How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, Updated Edition”, p.156, Oxford University Press

“The only reason I would stay away from a period piece is because sometimes the women are painted in a very stereotypical weakling, wallflower way - that's something I don't want to do. I want to show strength in the women I play, and a journey of some sort.”

“Only with the tools of production in their own hands could the workers ever hope to control their own lives and receive the fruits of their labor.”

Source : Ella Reeve Bloor (1940). “We are Many: An Autobiography by Ella Reeve Bloor”, New York : International Publishers

“Googling is not spying. It's social networking.”

“There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.”

Source : W. Somerset Maugham (2016). “Of Human Bondage (Diversion Classics)”, p.130, Diversion Books

“I was born in Morocco and lived there until I was 13; I'm really proud of my heritage.”

“Every true artist has been inspired more by the beauty of lines and color and the relationships between them than by the concrete subject of the picture.”

“Never hit anyone in anger, unless you're absolutely sure you can get away with it.”

Source : "Fictional character: Russell Ziskey". "Stripes", www.imdb.com. 1981.