"When one looks back over human existence however, it is very evident that all culture has developed through an initial resistance against adaptation to the reality in which man finds himself."

“If you have one person you’re influenced by, everyone will say you’re the next whoever. But if you rip off a hundred people, everyone will say you’re so original!”

“Beyoncé can handle any record you put in front of her. Any record that pushes her in that direction, it would have been good to be on the project.”

“When we forgive someone, the knots are untied and the past is released.”

“Imperialism or globalization - I don't have to care what it's called to hate it.”

“We Greeks are a moody people. Suicide makes sense to us. Putting up Christmas lights after your own daughter does it--that makes no sense. What my yia yia could never understand about America was why everyone pretended to be happy all the time.” -Mrs. Karafilis”

“The old adage which says that it is ‘whom you know that counts’ is far off the mark. It is what you know about whom you know that truly makes difference.”

“I think Helen of Troy must have been pretty hot. She got two countries going crazy for 10 years over her.”

“Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.”

Source : Foreword in "Girl Boss: Running the Show Like the Big Chicks: Entrepreneurial Skills, Stories, and Encouragement for Modern Girls" by Stacy Kravetz, 1999.