Quotes

One of the strange things about imaginary food is that it allows us to take pleasure in reading about things that we would never want to eat in real life.

I love being in real life, and in particular, I like being with young people.

I don't see such a huge difference between online and 'in real life'. I think it has now become one and the same.

The film that changed my life is a 1951 film by Vittorio De Sica, 'Miracle in Milan.' It's a remarkable comment on slums, poverty and aspiration.

I think I've been very, very lucky in my life, and I do believe in public service.

Life is really hard for some people.

Arguably, it was the introduction of international non-proliferation treaties in the late '80s that finally led to the missiles being removed from Greenham Common.

Everything a teenager does, says or looks at, however transitory, contributes to an aggregated virtual self that might one day have consequences for its real-life counterpart. How many of us would keep all our relationships and reputations intact if every transgression, mistake or youthful folly was held in public view?

I've discovered my Jewishness late in life. And I've really enjoyed exploring that world.

Not many young women of my age have been lucky enough to have had a wonderful mentor in their life.

Movies make teenagers have quippy answers for every question. Nothing seems to faze them, and they're like, 'Oh, whatever.' You're not like that when you're a teenager. You're really earnest. Things really feel like life or death. And you kind of oscillate between emotions at one time. It's very emotionally draining being a teenager.

Most of my really strong friendships are with people I've known all my life.

Back in Romania, always I was struggling to compete with Vladislav Rastorotsky, the great Russian coach of Lyudmila Turishcheva. He was a powerful coach, internationally. I took him like the major challenge of my life, and pretty soon I'm beating him and we are pushing each other so hard, so fierce. But out of the arena, we are friends.

I consider myself very lucky that I could live my life through all the ups and downs.

Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.

It will shock many - I've lived a full life and really enjoyed my time as a pop star.

Life's too short to be a Go-Go for twenty years.

I've got a great family, great career, great friends, and a lot of passions, which make my life interesting and fulfilling every day.

The albums 'Heaven On Earth' and 'Runaway Horses' and 'Live Your Life Be Free' were harking back to when I was a young girl and listening to Californian radio - lush productions, complicated melodies, harmonies like the Beach Boys and the Mamas and Papas. That's what those albums remind me of.

There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death. Whether it's the mundane violence we do to our bodies by overeating toxic food or drink or the extreme violence of child abuse, domestic warfare, life-threatening poverty, addiction, or state terrorism.

If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance.

Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.

Death is with you all the time; you get deeper in it as you move towards it, but it's not unfamiliar to you. It's always been there, so what becomes unfamiliar to you when you pass away from the moment is really life.

I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.