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“Culturally we don't allow women to be as free as they would like, because that is frightening. We either shun those women or deem them crazy… But being that woman who pushes the boundaries means you also bring in less desirable aspects of yourself. At the end of the day, women are expected to hold up the world, not annihilate it.”
Source : Kim Gordon (2015). “Girl in a Band”, p.109, Faber & Faber
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“There are people already sharing eBooks out there, .. and they do it simply because they love books. You don't buy a second copy of a book, cut the spine off, lay each page on a scanner, run that .tif through an OCR (Optical Character Reader), hand edit the resulting output for errors and then post it online if you don't love the book. it can up to 80 hours to turn a printed novel into an eBook. I figure if someone out there is willing to put in 80 hours of work promoting my book, then I'd prefer they do it in a way that gives a better return to me.”
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“Cut quarrels out of literature, and you will have very little history or drama or fiction or epic poetry left.”
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“I like books that are exciting and that make you think about things, as well. I like things that have a twist - like 'Atonement,' which I haven't read obviously, as I'm a bit young.”
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“The world is starving for American leadership. But America has an anti-war president,”
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“I just think that if you use materials that have an ability to communicate directly, you open up a channel and you can work through that. So you are using the power of materials.”
Source : "Marc Quinn interview: Just a load of shock? (2000)". Interview with R.J. Preece, www.artdesigncafe.com. September 15, 2009.
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“There is so much more to me than my parts and what I wear, what my clothes are.”
Source : Source: www.elle.com
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“If you will study the scriptures diligently, your power to avoid temptation and to receive direction of the Holy Ghost in all you do will be increased.”