The real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff.

Egypt loved the lotus becuase it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved. Thus can something as insignificant as a name-two syllables, one high, one sweet- summon up the innumerable smiles, tears, sighs and dreams of a human life.

Mountains are where heaven meets earth.

Egypt loved the lotus because it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved.

I love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop.

I moved my arms through the water, feeling them float on the surface, watching the waves and wake that followed my gesture. Here was magic, I thought. Here was something holy.

on the day that the intlligence and talents of women are fully honored and employed, the human community and the planet itself will benefit in ways we can only begin to imagine.