My stage name is bigger than what I own. I was used. I was hurt since the beginning. I got very little from album sales of my music. If journalists can visit my place and see the deplorable condition I am living in, Tanzanians would open their eyes (and see the exploitation artistes are exposed to).

Wouldst thou the young year’s blossoms, and the fruits of its decline,
And all by which the soul is charmed, enraptured, feasted, fed;
Wouldst thou the Earth and Heaven itself in one sole name combine?
I name thee, O Shakuntala! and all at once is said.

Tania Zaetta, Australian TV actress and co-star in Salaam Namaste

Religions all have different names, but they all contain the same truths. … I think the people of our religion should be tolerant and understand people believe different things.

One win and you’re on top of the world. Lose in the first round of the next tournament; you’re back to reality.

Pope Pius XII was meant to go and castigate Hitler for being a [air quotes] "Genocidal Fuckhead … [air quotes again] with bunny rabbit ears". But he didn't, he wimped out, and for that history has renamed that Pope as "Pope Gutless Bastard I.

[Miles: I'm sorry. Who are you?] I'm glad you asked, new guy. [Miles: I’m not a new guy.] My name is Pavitr Prabhakar. And for the past six months… [Miles: Six? And even he got a watch.] [Gwen: Yeah, uh…]

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

You know what I call him? Not Roy O'Bannon. Roy O'Baloney!

Dream of the Red Chamber

[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0289359/ Profile at IMDb]

Maggie Roswell - Richard, Sylvia Winfield, Helen Lovejoy, Princess Kashmir, Mary Bailey, Maude Flanders, Elizabeth Hoover, Mona Simpson, Luann Van Houten, Martha Quimby, Allison Taylor, Nana Sophie Mussolini, Shary Bobbins, Strawberry

Since President Obama mentioned Supermax in a speech about Guantanamo, we wanted to take you there again. It's a sort of a 21st century Alcatraz, where convicted al Qaeda terrorists are force-fed and some guards worry about their own safety.

This time, any attempt to present Hinduism and Indian culture by creating sculptures in the name of the New Year's procession of fine arts will be discouraged.

Whenever I came across something that influenced me, I wanted to be that. So it varied from an astronaut, airhostess, army girl, to truck driver. Once, I wanted to be a nun - my mother wanted me to change schools after that...

[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ho-xuan-huong Ho Xuan Huong] at the Poetry Foundation