"In the 18th century, James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny, and Richard Arkwright pioneered the water-propelled spinning frame which led to the mass production of cotton. This was truly revolutionary. The cotton manufacturers created a whole new class of people - the urban proletariat. The structure of society itself would never be the same."

"I might be deceiving myself but I do not think that I do have an inordinate fear of death."

"The latest research has revealed that women have a higher IQ than men."

"Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts."

"I feel like a lot of the female relationships I see on TV or in movies are in some way free of the kind of jealousy and anxiety and posturing that has been such a huge part of my female friendships, which I hope lessens a little bit with age."

"The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope."

"Faith is spiritualized imagination."

"These days the technology can solve our problems and then some. Solutions may not only erase physical or mental deficits but leave patients better off than "able-bodied" folks. The person who has a disability today may have a superability tomorrow."