Huffington Magazine Issue 2 | Page 35

LACEY TERRELL/HBO (“TRUE BLOOD”); GETTY IMAGES/STOCKBYTE PLATINUM (NAIL POLISH); AP PHOTO/OFFICE OF REP. GABRIELLE GIFFORDS (GIFFORDS AND KELLY) Voices QUOTED “For me the jumping off point was watching the Republican primaries, watching Michelle Bachmann, Rick Santorum, and asking what would it be like to have a theocracy in America.” —Alan Ball, creator of True Blood, to The Wrap when asked about the upcoming season HUFFINGTON 06.24.12 “My daughters have learned much from having a dad manly enough to allow them to paint his toenails.” — HuffPost commentor madkoz “She has been an incredible inspiration to me. Each day as she heads off to therapy she’ll often tell me, ‘fight, fight, fight.’” —Mark Kelly, husband of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, to graduates at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy