"All would live long, but none would be old."

“History is still in large measure poetry to me.”

“Although Damascus is considered the oldest city in the world, the date of its foundation going beyond tradition, there are very few relics of antiquity in or near it.”

“It is important in this journey to remember that just because someone has inflicted hurt upon us, it does not give us the right to do the same. Body shaming and hurtful tactics will never get the job done.”

“No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.”

Source : Mary Kay Ash (2009). “The Mary Kay Way: Timeless Principles from America's Greatest Woman Entrepreneur”, p.30, John Wiley & Sons

“Once you're able to look like an idiot and be OK with it, it opens up your potential.”

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

“Make certain decisions only once . . . We can make a single decision about certain things that we will incorporate in our lives and then make them ours - without having to brood and re-decide a hundred times what it is we will do and what we will not do.”

“I am a feminist and I have no problems being called that.”

Source : "Never mind glass ceilings, what about glass skirting boards?". Interview with Kevin Maguire, www.theguardian.com. January 29, 2003.

“I didn't even understand the whole idea of Hollywood.”