"No revolution creates a wholly new universe. Rather, it reflects the history and culture that spawned it."

“Whenever I'm in the U.K., people say I have an American accent. Which is, obviously, funny.”

“I am as one Who doth attempt some lofty mountain's height, And having gained what to the upcast eye The summit's point appear'd, astonished sees Its cloudy top, majestic and enlarged, Towering aloft, as distant as before.”

“Dance music is one of the biggest export products in the Dutch economy these days.”

“The Democratic Party's problem is that voters don't believe the president's claims that the economy is thriving. Even people with jobs feel apprehensive. Paychecks are flat, growth anemic, and people are worried about their children's prospects. Mr. Obama had a 38% approval on handling the economy in the Sept. 9 Fox News poll. In the Sept. 7 NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, 67% believe America is on the wrong track.”

“I have come far, but not far enough. It is still a man's world.”

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

“Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.”

“Gender is used as a control mechanism that's just wrong. Gender is never anything to struggle with; gender is something to play with. Once you're free of the rules that all these hierarchical, oppressive systems place on gender, that's the tricky part.”

“I'm really proud to be a woman representing Country music”

Source : "ACM Awards 2014: Country singers talk politics, George Strait awarded top honor" by Sasha Savitsky, www.foxnews.com. April 7, 2014.