My mother loved movies, and I loved movies like she loved movies. So I wanted to do that. I’d send away for movie magazines – the old thing of everybody wanting to be a star or whatever. – Anne Meara
I go for my completely routine mammogram and then I get a call from my gynecologist. And she says, ‘Well, I have some – it’s not such great news, but here it is, but it’s very small and we’re just going to get in there and take it right out, right away, and then you’ll probably have radiation.’ – Cynthia Nixon
He had not yet learned that the only safe male rebuke to a scornful female is to stay away from her – especially if that is what she desires. – Booth Tarkington
Our beautiful homeland is enough for us, Arabs and Jews. If we turn her into a battlefield, she will spit us out. – Ayman Odeh
Moana is an incredible heroine. She’s strong… She’s got her two feet firmly planted. She’s definitely grounded. – Auli’i Cravalho
My first novel was turned down by about twenty publishers over a period of two and a half years. Because my name is Irish and would not be familiar to English editors, one of them said: ‘If she writes anything else, do let us know.’ Slowly, very slowly, the books began to sell and be noticed. – Colm Toibin
My influences are, number one, hand to Jesus, Halle Berry. I think that she’s so brilliant, and I love everything that she does, even ‘Catwoman.’ – Alexandra Shipp
We didn’t know anything about Judy Murray until we met her, but once we got to know her, we found she was an absolute scream. – Anton du Beke
I hired Tina Fey for ‘SNL,’ which was certainly a good match. She took off right away there. – Adam McKay
It was a beautiful experience for her, the experience that she had that she confesses. It wasn’t dirty and it wasn’t horrible and wasn’t shattering. It was a wonderful, liberating experience. – Andrew McCarthy
My mom was essentially a single mother raising three boys. If anyone could have had any reason to give up, it was her. But she didn’t, and neither did we. – Chuck Norris
She is up there with the best of them. I can only talk about my experience, but it was genuinely special. – Albert Finney
I make the best eggplant parmigiana. Except maybe my mother. The way she makes it is delicious. If I told you how, I’d have to kill you. – Cara Buono
By definition, memoir demands a certain degree of introspection and self-disclosure: In order to fully engage a reader, the narrator has to make herself known, has to allow her own self-awareness to inform the events she describes. – Caroline Knapp
Marie Antoinette was funny, I’m sure she was just misinterpreted. You know the ‘Let them eat cake’ line. She seems like she was kind of funny, like a Chelsea Handler or Kathy Griffin type. – Colin Quinn
She worded it a bit strongly, but I do find myself more and more struck by the differences between the sexes. To put it another way: All marriages are mixed marriages. – Anne Tyler
But when I would see the surrogate, my first instinct, my first reaction would be jealousy, because she was doing what I wanted to do. – Cheryl Tiegs
It is extraordinary to see the sea; what a spectacle! She is so unfettered that one wonders whether it is possible that she again become calm. – Claude Monet
My mother was a not-too-devoted atheist. She went to Episcopal church on Christmas Eve every year, and that was mostly it. – Anne Lamott
We used to have a main female vocalist. But she had a baby. Now we do the singing ourselves. – Bernie Worrell
Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing. – Arundhati Roy
I live with fellow speed skaters and National Team members Heather Richardson, Sugar Todd and Mitch Whitmore, and Sugar lives up to her name. She spoils our household with baked goods, and not just at Christmastime. – Brittany Bowe
She is Cuba. If you want to love her, you have to be with her, but you can’t be with her in her current state. It’s the point of view of all exiles – you have to leave the thing you cherish most. – Andy Garcia
She’s leaving when the president has one of the highest approval ratings on record. From here, it can only go down. And when it does, you know who they’re going to blame. They’re gonna blame Andy Card! – Andrew Card
