quotes about New Zealand

“I've done enough films to know how to save up my energy for the take and then give it on the take and do that.”

“I wanted to start a website for teenaged girls that was not kind of this one-dimensional strong character empowerment thing, because one thing that can be very alienating about a misconception of feminism is that girls then think that to be feminists, they have to live up to being perfectly consistent in their beliefs, never being insecure, never having doubts, having all the answers...and this is not true and actually, recognizing all the contradictions I was feeling became easier once I realized that feminism was not a rule book but a discussion, a conversation, a process.”

“I am alarmed at the subtle invasion of professional football, which is gaining preeminence over baseball. It's unthinkable.”

“India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.”

Source : "Manmohan’s India" by Hartosh Singh Bal, www.openthemagazine.com. August 08, 2009.

“What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.”

“American journalists and politicians made a perfect spectacle of themselves in discussing the Abu Ghraib prison controversy.”

“A wise man sings his joy in the closet of his heart.”

“Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?”

“All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.”

“The future of Haiti must be linked to the respect of the rights of every single citizen.”

Source : "Uncut Interview with Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide Upon His Historic Return to Haiti". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. March 22, 2011.