"Let us not be afraid of decreasing. It is like the moon, we see the moon increasing and decreasing, but it is always the moon."

“I was OK before this, I will be OK after this.”

Source : "Sophia Amoruso, NastyGal Founder, Shares Her Journey From Dumpster-Diving Teen To CEO". Interview With Nina Bahadur, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 6, 2014.

“The metaphysical image that a definite epoch forges of the world has the same structure as what the world immediately understands to be appropriate as a form of its political organization.”

Source : "Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty", by Carl Schmitt, translated by George Schwab, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1985.

“Only one who liberates himself from his psychological desires and fears indeed in truth qualify as liberation hero.”

“They've certainly grown, the Japanese. I mean grown in stature, playing-wise.”

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

“I don't see the songs as uplifting, but rather as trying to make lemonade from lemons, or whatever. When I listen to them, I understand the context. I don't like to pepper songs with my own experiences, though.”

“I didn't know that once you've proven yourself useful to the wrong people, you'll never be free again.”

Source : Steve Hamilton (2010). “The Lock Artist: A Novel”, p.187, Macmillan

“know what you want, work to get it, then value it once you have it.”

Source : Nora Roberts (2006). “Morrigan's Cross”, p.259, Penguin

“My family has reduced the effect of my career on my self-esteem. When I'm with them, they make me feel special regardless of how I play.”