I grew up listening to Jay-Z, and I think the first time I really became obsessed with learning and thinking about lyrics was when I started listening to rap I was 11, 12, and started becoming aware of music beyond the familiar.

Zeal to do all that is in one's power is, in truth, a proof of piety.

Julian

I've generally got a good eye for design and proportion.

Bruce Oldfield

A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind.

Eugene Ionesco

No one ever discovers the depths of his own loneliness.

Georges Bernanos

Snape's patronus was a doe,' said Harry, 'the same as my mother's because he loved her for nearly all of his life, from when they were children.

J.K. Rowling

He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.

Anon.

How can what an Englishman believes be hearsay? It is a contradiction in terms.

George Bernard Shaw

I try and maintain a little bit of fitness, man.

Frank Bruno

Knowledge is like money: to be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value.

Louis L'Amour

And currently, there are four to five new works in the pipeline for upcoming celebrations such as the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Australian Federation, my 50th Birthday, and Sydney Dance Company's 25th Anniversary.

Graeme Murphy

Take God for your spouse and friend and walk with him continually, and you will not sin and will learn to love, and the things you must do will work out prosperously for you.

Saint John of the Cross

All goodness is as nothing compared to the goodness of truth; all sweets are an nothing compared to the sweetness of truth. The bliss of truth surpasses all other joys in the world.

Leo Tolstoy