"An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof. If you reject it you are unhappy, if you accept it you are undone."

“I grew up watching movies on television and computer screens. They affected me just as powerfully in the small private space.”

“I have always enjoyed dealing with a slightly surrealistic situation and presenting it in a realistic manner. I've always liked fairy tales and myths, magical stories. I think they are somehow closer to the sense of reality one feels today than the equally stylized 'realistic' story in which a great deal of selectivity and omission has to occur in order to preserve its 'realist' style.”

“A good ad which is not run never produces sales.”

“I have found a dream of beauty at which one might look all one's life and sigh.”

Source : Isabella L. Bird (2012). “A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains”, p.7, Courier Corporation

“Don't follow leaders, watch your parkin' meters.”

“Do not be 'against' anything. Being 'against' weakens you. Be 'for' what you want. Being 'for' empowers you.”

“Pluralist societies are not accidents of history. They are a product of enlightened education and continuous investment by governments and all of civil society in recognizing and celebrating the diversity of the world's peoples.”

Source : Speech on Democratic Development, Pluralism and Civil Society delivered at the Nobel Institute, Oslo, Norway, www.akdn.org. April 07, 2005.

“The mathematics of rhythm are universal. They don't belong to any particular culture.”