Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Week 47: Mo'Nique



“FAT means fabulous and thick, full and tasty, fluffy and tender.”

—Mo’Nique


TV hostess, comedian and actress who never apologizes for her size, but in a CBS interview also stresses: "I want to be very clear about what I've always said: Big is beautiful. Let's be big, beautiful, healthy people."

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Week 46: Emma Watson



“I think young people like me are becoming increasingly aware of the humanitarian and environmental issues surrounding fast fashion...”

—Emma Watson

British actress who plays Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films on partnering with People Tree, Free Trade Company

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Week 45: Alice Walker



“How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers’ names.”

—Alice Walker

American author most known for
The Color Purple, winner of the
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Week 44: Amelia Earhart


“In soloing - as in other activities - it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.”

—Amelia Earhart

American aviation pioneer
and author who was the first
woman to receive the
Distinguished Flying Cross










Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Week 43: Ayn Rand



“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me?” The Fountainhead

—Ayn Rand

Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Week 42: Beverly Sills


“There are no short cuts to any place worth going.”

—Beverly Sills

Operatic soprano who later became general manager of NYC opera and chairman of Lincoln Center &
The Metropolitan Opera

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Week 41: Elizabeth Somer



“If you want to feel your best, you have to eat the best.”

—Elizabeth Somer, M.A., R.D.

Author and leading authority on nutrition and diet as well as contributor on national TV
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