People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected.

Whether you think a film will affect society or it's plain entertainment it's all excellent it's all noble.

Patriarchy is like the elephant in the room that we don't talk about but how could it not affect the planet radically when it's the superstructure of human society.

The trouble is it's very difficult to pin-point the most important thing because Aids affects everyone in different levels of society differently and you have to respond to it differently.

I think the deafness affects me more than I realise I think it makes me more tired. I loathe parties. I attend smile and leave.

We try to... we are I suppose to a certain extent all affected and erm that is both funny and sad I think.

Nolan has the strangest affect on people. You know I think there's something very sad and little boy about him but at the same time the way he goes about everything is so awkward and obnoxious. He can never say the right thing you know? And I think if he just didn't try so hard and calmed down people might actually like him a bit more!

It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to do good.

In the early days of Christianity the exercise of chastity was frequently combined with a close and romantic intimacy of affection between the sexes which shocked austere moralists.

People ask me all the time 'Are you fed up with reality TV?' At the end of the day it can affect my career in the sense that the more reality shows there are the less scripted dramas out there but I can't ever really knock them. I started on 'Popstars ' which was a reality talent show. I have respect for them.