"Don't get lost in your pain, know that one day your pain will become your cure."

“It is important to act as if bearing witness matters.”

Source : Maxine Kumin (2000). “Always Beginning: Essays on a Life in Poetry”

“I've always had a longstanding dream, ever since I was a kid, where I was running on a big lake of ice and I kept running and kept running, just about to where I was trying to get to, and I fell through the ice, and then I couldn't find the hole where I fell through to get back out again.”

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

“The doctrine of thrift for the poor is dumb and cruel, like advising them to try and lift themselves by their bootstraps.”

“I had a very modest upbringing.”

Source : "Michelle Dockery Talks DOWNTON ABBEY Season 2". Interview, collider.com. December 30, 2011.

“Take those chances and you can achieve greatness, whereas if you go conservative, you'll never know. I truly believe what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Even if you fail, learning and moving on is sometimes the best thing.”

Source : Interview with Jim Clash, www.askmen.com.

“Let's face it, Obama is not a hugely popular political figure in the state of Texas.”

“I've always taken 'The Wizard of Oz' very seriously, you know. I believe in the idea of the rainbow. And I've spent my entire life trying to get over it.”

“It's because we are so flooded with American culture that we're startled when we see ourselves up there on the screen.”

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