"Of the whole sum of human life no small part is that which consists of a man's relations to his country, and his feelings concerning it."

“I started as a model in Holland and Chanel took me to New York when I was 19, after which I decided to stay.”

Source : "Famke Janssen and Liam Neeson have the family holiday from hell in Taken 2". Interview with John Hiscock, www.mirror.co.uk. October 5, 2012.

“This is my calling, this is why I was put on this earth-to make a difference in people's lives.”

“Life is a constant series of cleaning up the last mess.”

Source : Jillian Lauren (2011). “Pretty: A Novel”, p.31, Penguin

“My parents were really nice to me.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“When I was a kid, I wanted to walk with my dad's limp - my dad was my hero - but that infuriated him, and he would make me walk back and forth in the living room until I walked without it.”

“When the poet's sentiments are overly visible, the audience may become uncomfortable. Japanese ritual is the opposite. By writing simply and only about what is there, the audience is drawn into the poet's world. Their imagination is stimulated, and a silent connection is established. I believe this is where the most important aspect of the Japanese sense of beauty lies...”

“Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.”

“You can have faith or you can have control, but you cannot have both.”