"The myth of self-sufficiency blinds us to the workings of other forces in family life. For families are not now, nor were they ever, the self-sufficient building blocks of society, exclusively responsible, praiseworthy, and blamable for their own destiny. They are deeply influenced by broad social and economic forces over which they have little control."

“You have nothing to fear, if you have nothing to hide”

“He that would be a painter must have a natural turn thereto. Love and delight therein are better of the Art of Painting than compulsion.”

“I spent the first fourteen years of my life convinced that my looks were hideous. Adolescence is painful for everyone, I know, but mine was plain weird.”

Source : "Interview with Laura Yorke". "Reader's Digest" Magazine, July 2006.

“Growing up, I just wanted to be like everyone else. I didn't value or understand the beauty in being different at the time in my life.”

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

“I know that positive energy begets positive energy. I know that when I decide to see the good in something or someone, it's returned to me tenfold.”

Source : "Joshua Radin, Singer-Songwriter: So Much To Say, So Much To Love". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

“Devolutionary reform will not provide a factory, a machine or jobs, build a school, train a doctor or put a pound on pensions.”

Source : South Wales Echo, November 01, 1975.

“Business is difficult. But it could be approached two ways: Seriously, or with the same way you're doing your job, with entertainment aspect, with pleasure, with fun. And we decided to try to make it as fun that we do our creativity.”

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

“The woman from the depths of her rags, a waif, a martyr — smiled. She must have a divine heart to be so tired and yet smile.”

Source : Henri Barbusse (2005). “The Inferno”, p.152, 1st World Publishing