I am not a sexy woman, Im not beautiful, Im not a sex kitten, I dont flirt with people, yet Ive been tagged more of sex symbol than women who truly are and I thats solely because I dont reveal too much: people are curious. – Shirley Manson
Men are self-confident because they grow up identifying with super-heroes. Women have bad self-images because they grow up identifying with Barbie. – Rita Rudner
More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic. – Simone Weil
[I]f any one had asked what gifts she desired most, she would have answered with a look more pathetic than any shivering child had given her: “I want the sound of a loving voice; the touch of a friendly hand.” – Louisa May Alcott, “Seamstress,” Work: A Story of Experience, 1873
