"I promise, before God and my community, to seek reforms so that the powerful and corrupt are no longer above the law."

“Even when I'm nervous, I think I'm able to turn that nervous energy into strength.”

“When eating an elephant take one bite at a time.”

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

“One of the things about animation is it's so expensive to do the animation, that you can't produce coverage. You only have one chance to make every shot.”

“It was the kind of sword that would make a lifelong pacifist look for tall boots and a hat with feathers.”

Source : Ilona Andrews (2010). “Magic Bleeds”, p.103, Penguin

“Focusing isn't just an optical activity; it is also a mental one.”

Source : Bridget Riley (2009). “The Eye's Mind: Collected Writings 1965-2009”

“NOVEL, n. A short story padded...”

“Sometimes--and I know it doesn't last for anything more than a second--sometimes there can be perfect understanding between two people who can't stand each other. He smiled, and I smiled, and we put the Timex watches on, and we watched the seconds flit by.”

“It was easy to run around barefoot in oblivion in Costa Rica. But once I gave birth to my child, I didnt want to be oblivious to the obvious.”

Source : "What I've Learned: Carolyn Murphy" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.