"I was convinced that, besides millions of frank unbelievers, there are today large numbers of half-believers to whom religion is a source of intellectual and moral discomfort."

“When you love someone, you don't want them to suffer at all.”

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

“For too long, Americans have fallen victim to financial abuses at the hands of predatory lenders that operate in the shadows.”

Source : "Don’t Filibuster Cordray" by Kay R. Hagan, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 8, 2011.

“It's exciting for me to be home in California where I'm from and to be working with Victoria's Secret.”

Source : "A Day in The Life of an Angel" by Lindsay Ellingson, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 27, 2011.

“I've always felt, as a writer, that radicals are fascinating because they're relations, they have a place in the American family. They're the relatives everyone wishes would go away. They're the embarrassments to decorum and good taste.”

“When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.”

“Grief is like the wind. When it's blowing hard, you adjust your sails and run before it. If it blows too hard, you stay in the harbor, close the hatches and don't take calls. When it's gentle, you go sailing, have a picnic, take a swim.”

“My strength lies solely in my tenacity.”

“A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way.”