"Life's values originate in circumstances over which the individual has no control."

“My parents both were doing the Civil Rights Movement, were very involved with the civil rights to Congress. And my friends' parents were as well.”

“A good marriage is a contest of generosity.”

“You think you can go into all those auditions not knowing who you are? The work came after I found my sense of self - when I wasn't so manic and desperate.”

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

“God was in Christ, reconciling the world.”

Source : Lamin Sanneh (2003). “Whose Religion Is Christianity?: The Gospel Beyond the West”, p.71, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

“There are only two kinds of pain: too much love or too little.”

Source : Miles Franklin (1984). “The End of My Career”

“I'm not cut out to be a famous person; I can't do my hair and makeup well enough.”

“OK, he and Katie fell in love, they're getting married. Why is this in the news? Why is this a big deal? Is there something unusual about meeting someone and falling in love?”

“It would get really alienating, to have my face be the face of a cause. So much just comes down to the songs. I just want to give us the opportunity to write great songs. Even our work in Haiti is limited by how good our songs are. We just need to get rid of as much of the bullshit as possible, so we can have a life, so we have something to write about.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com