"People are governed by the head; a kind heart is of little value in chess."

“Those in the margins are always trying to get to the center, and those at the center, frequently in the name of tradition, are trying to keep the margins at a distance.”

“Every woman has the right to be beautiful.”

“The great thing about unrequited love is it's the only kind that lasts.”

Source : Allison Pearson (2003). “I Don't Know how She Does it: The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated

“Accomplishment is such a patronizing, dangerous word, isn't it? I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived this long - 81.”

Source : Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. September 17, 2003.

“Being an ugly woman is like being a man. You're gonna have to work. Yep.”

“I decided to work on hand animate because the animators work as authors in every little scene and it brings real soul for characters.”

“I remember the first sermon I ever preached. I had four sermons. I preached them, all four in ten minutes. And that was the beginning, in a place called Bostwick, Florida, in northern Florida, in a little tiny church, and on a cold night, about 40 people. And I was so nervous.”

“I no longer knew whether it was raindrops or my own tears that were flowing down my cheeks, and I hated to have to drag along this relic of a sniveling child.”

Source : Ingrid Betancourt (2010). “Even Silence Has An End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle”, p.14, Hachette UK