"By now, a younger generation of women participate in extremely lively debates in which questions of gender, sexuality and representation on screens and across media are approached from perspectives that had not yet been articulated in the 1970s."

“At the same time as woman was becoming the showcase for wealth and caste, while men were slipping into relative anonymity and "handsome is as handsome does," she was emerging as the central emblem of western art.”

“New York was where we wanted to live when we were finally grown up, and drink martinis and stay out past bedtime ...”

Source : Barbara Holland (1999). “Wasn't the Grass Greener?: A Curmudgeon's Fond Memories”, Harcourt

“On Valentine's Day, the Spirit Club plastered the school with red streamersand pink balloons and red and pink hearts. It looked like Clifford the Big Red Dog ate a flock of flamigoes and then barfed his guts up.”

Source : Carolyn Mackler (2011). “Vegan Virgin Valentine”, p.82, Candlewick Press

“I didn't get nervous when I ran, but I get nervous watching other people now. I root for anybody with a USA on their chest.”

Source : "U.S. Olympic trials: Q&A with legacy athlete Gail Devers". Interview with Paul Buker, www.oregonlive.com. June 23, 2012.

“The only incurable troubles of the rich are the troubles that money can't cure, Which is a kind of trouble that is even more troublesome if you are poor.”

“A man who wants the truth becomes a scientist; a man who wants to give free play to his subjectivity may become a writer; but what should a man do who wants something in between?”

“I always get inspiration from whatever characters say about my character.”

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

“Being intercontinental champion doesn't mean you're a champ. It means you're the future.”