"I cannot claim to thoroughly enjoy coaching, because it is very hard work if you are even moderately conscientious. Nevertheless it does provide a degree of satisfaction - not to mention a steady income, which is why I do it occasionally."

“I'm sure if Shakespeare were alive today, he'd be doing classic guitar solos on YouTube.”

Source : "My week" by Peter Capaldi, www.theguardian.com. December 30, 2006.

“I love stories where the impossible appears believable, plausible and real. Maybe it's silly, but it's one of the reasons Michael Crichton's writing always appealed to me: he took outlandish ideas and made them seem completely within the realm of possibility. I remember reading "Jurassic Park" and feeling like: "Oh, yeah -- no, that's totally happening right now. They're bringing back dinosaurs!”

“Its our actions that define us. What we choose. What we resist. What we're willing to die for.”

Source : Twitter post from Nov 25, 2015

“Life is not about what you can accumulate. I learned to live when I learned to give.”

“It was an identity crisis. I was born and raised in France, but I never really felt French, so I needed to find something that I was more connected to. I used to go back to Tunisia every summer, but I was more into the language, my Arabic roots.”

Source : Interview with Emily McDermott, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 29, 2016.

“I want someone to say, 'I love you and that's all I really know.' That's the girly girl in me.”

“I'm not stubborn. My way is just better.”

“The most fundamental truth to be told in any art form, as far as Blacks are concerned, is that America is killing us.”

Source : Sonia Sanchez (2010). “I’m Black When I’m Singing, I’m Blue When I Ain’t and Other Plays”, p.16, Duke University Press