July 11 Birthdays

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

Being gay is nothing but another way to live your life.

Elegance is not about being noticed, it’s about being remembere

I want my children to understand the world, but not just because the world is fascinating and the human mind is curious. I want them to understand it so that they will be positioned to make it a better place

What I don't want is to be called an octogenarian. I saw 'Octogenarian Jane Gardam' and I thought 'Blow me!' I mean, I am, but that's not the point.

The belief that a person can and should only feel grief over one sad event at a time is a truly disturbing estimate of our emotional capacity.

On the screen I saw tanks rolling through dusty streets, and fallen buildings, and forests of unfamiliar trees into which East Pakistani refugees had fled, seeking safety over the Indian border.

Schools are not exam factories for the rat race.

Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels, you must have some of your own.

Theres nothing more confirming in your life than looking in front of you and seeing some really amazing people who you care a lot about who care a lot about you.

In terms of style I typically veer toward a certain masculinity. My style inspirations range from images of my father in his 1970s suits, to Tilda Swinton, to Hugh Hefner, to Sharon Stone and her ferocious sexuality, to handsome men I see on the streets of New York.

Theres nothing like a love for our children. I love being a papa, and thats the truth.

With correction, and given the chance, Terra Nova can and will deliver seasons of transcendent images and story-telling. Failing to renew Terra Nova is shortsighted, as myopic as it would have been to scrap the Hubble. Terra Nova is the Hubble Telescope of television.

I think people are sexy when they have a sense of humor, when they are smart, when they have some sense of style, when they are kind, when they express their own opinions, when they are creative, when they have character.

I dont care whether people like me or dislike me. Im not on earth to win a popularity contest. Im here to be the best human being I possibly can be.

If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.

Well-behaved women seldom make history. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

One finger in the throat and one in the rectum makes a good diagnostician.

Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.

I refuse to slap some stupid words on the stupid paper just so we have a stupid song finished.

I believe that miracles happen every day. Every person is a miracle. Every moment is a miracle. If only we can open our eyes, well see Gods love everywhere.

There will be a winner. There will a president-elect. But there will not be a defeated people. Tomorrow, we are only one country, only one Venezuela. Tomorrow in the country there are many problems that we have to resolve. Problems do not wait.