"You're either a goddess ... or a doormat."

“Please deal with the Radical Islamic Threat today.”

“As we grew to love South Australia, we felt that we were in an expanding society, still feeling the bond to the motherland, but eager to develop a perfect society in the land of our adoption.”

Source : Catherine Helen Spence “An Autobiography”, Library of Alexandria

“I think we can lower our emissions. I think the world will be better off if we did that, and we can do it without cap and trade.”

Source : "GOP Reps Regale Copenhagen with Scientific Knowledge" by Kate Sheppard, www.motherjones.com. December 18, 2009.

“The effort to blur the lines between Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib reflects a deep misunderstanding about the different legal regimes that apply to Iraq and the war against al Qaeda.”

“The fact is that people would rather cling when they're afraid of something to a priori beliefs than rather open their minds about it.”

“I don't really have a type. I just kind of hang out with girls that I think have a good personality, know how to have fun, active and definitely have something going on in their life so they are busy so I'm not stuck all the time hanging out.”

“I had never taken creative writing classes. Hadn't even considered it.”

Source : "Week three: Charles Frazier on writing Cold Mountain" by Charles Frazier, www.theguardian.com. September 30, 2011.

“It's good to be selfish. But not so self-centered that you never listen to other people.”

Source : "Hugh Hefner: What I've Learned" by Wil S. Hylton, www.esquire.com. June 2002.