We ought to recognize that we have an offensive responsibility to take the war to the terrorists where they are. That responsibility has waned in the last year as military and intelligence resources were withdrawn from Afghanistan and Pakistan to be used in Iraq.

Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.

Halle Berry

I didn't have any confidence in my beauty when I was young. I felt like a character actress, and I still do.

Meryl Streep

The newly decorated theatres produced things like car parks and restaurants, so you could have a good night out, quite cheaply without all that bother of having to go somewhere else.

Timothy West

Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual and the soul of a people.

Bertrand Russell

In youth one has tears without grief, in old age grief without tears.

Jean Paul

to write is human, to edit is divine

Stephen King

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.

John Wayne

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my ax

Abraham Lincoln

I just enjoy working with really wonderful actors and amazing creative people and I hope to keep doing that, no matter where.

Stana Katic

That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway and damage the enemy, has been profoundly consequential as far as my political activism goes.

June Jordan

Wedding is destiny, and hanging likewise.

John Heywood

It's really good to be able to think about past loves without having a pit in my stomach, or cringing or feeling heart-broken, or like they hate you. Don't you think?

Winona Ryder