K.Michelle Quotes

We all fail. But none of us fail all the time.

We were so young, so in love, and so in debt.

I like to hang out with my friends, go to the theatre, watch DVDs, read, play with my niece.

You've got to keep your body active, even if that means just turning on some music and dancing for an hour. ...That's how you;ll prepare your bodies and your minds for greatness.

I've never been a social bunny. I thrive on work.

There is such a thing as having too much of a good thing.

Millions of Americans who know that Barack understands their dreams; that Barack will fight for people like them; and that Barack will finally bring the change we need.

Barack didn't pledge riches, only a life that would be interesting. On that promise he delivered.

Working on new projects gives you the opportunity to learn and absorb new things.

Being in touch with the problems in the world or our lives is important, but even more important is to focus the brain on what we can do about them.

Ty Tryon made a lot of money after turning pro, but he might not have been ready. I don't want to make a lot of money for a couple of months and then not be ready.

I used to go over to my friend's house and we'd watch VCR tapes, three of them a day, and I was like, "I could come up with better stories than this." And I've wanted to write films ever since.

My dad was more, "Let's play chess. Read a book, you're stupid." He's more the intellectual type.

I'm a video game fan. I played them before I became an actress.

We change people, but oftentimes we get so focused on the negative people and their influence on us, we forget how powerful we are as positive people to influence others.

I don't see the point of marriage. But when I need my love, I get my love.

Until they come up with an independent woman who's on an adventure of her own, I don't think I'm interested.

I just loved storytelling. That's what I thought I would end up doing. I thought I would probably go to school and end up writing for a magazine or something.

I also love the makers of South Park, because they're political, strong, and they're making all of these comments that would get you shot for if you did it in a drama.

Berlin is liberation. Architecture, man!

Change your story, change your power.

I don’t like going to the mall. I'm not really like the other girls. I just like to go out on the golf course and play. Golf is fun and feels really good.

Milla Jovovich introduced me to [anthropologist and author of the Don Juan series of books involving shamanic peyote rituals] Carlos Castaneda because I was all into the hallucinogens for a minute.

The problem is when that fun stuff becomes the habit. And I think that's what's happened in our culture. Fast food has become the everyday meal.

Evil exists in us all, Torak. Some fight it. Some feed it. That's how it's always been.

After all, that's why we read historical fiction-to be transported to another time, and to be astonished at ancient people's lives and traditions, just as they would probably be astonished at ours.

We are here not to make something of ourselves. We are here to Be ourselves.

Who you were is not who you are. Who you are, is what you will be.

I was born with a fierce need for independence.

I'm a perfectionist, so I can drive myself mad - and other people, too. At the same time, I think that's one of the reasons I'm successful. Because I really care about what I do.

Prayer is so incredibly powerful. It keeps you in perfect peace.

At the end of the day, when it comes time to make that decision, as president, all you have to guide you are your values, and your vision, and the life experiences that make you who you are.

I guess I'm a little different. I think being unique is different.

I think that's what growing up is all about. It's about taking on new responsibilities and learning what you can handle, and learning what you can't.

I use a "Debt Dash" approach to paying off debt. I recommend people focus on paying off the debt with the lowest balance first. So if the primary has less debt you would focus on that.

I'm always researching ancient religions, and I was also raised Jehovah's Witness, so that kind of scarred me for life.

The priority for my government is that there will be development for everyone, equally.

I don't believe men want women to have grotesque plastic surgery or be undernourished and bony. All the plastic surgery in the world can't stop you getting older.

There's only a handful of directors who really understand what I call the alchemical balance between a man and a woman, in a woman's body, which most people consider the strong woman character.

The value of a good education has never left me.

When I first started out, I said to myself, if this doesn't happen there will be something else that I can do. That seemed possible because I knew how to do so many different kinds of jobs.

You may not do well, necessarily, up front, and in order to be the best, you've got to work hard.

It takes years for me to trust; I know that about myself. A lot of it is because I am so private, and so reluctant to make myself vulnerable.

People charged with drug offenses, though, are typically poor people of color. They are routinely charged with felonies and sent to prison.

How do you make a girl know she's beautiful? What is the system for that, what do you show her, how do you give her a new set of eyes and turn her face back to the mirror?

I know that I want to wait for something that I really feel great about.

Poverty is so significant that we can't expect to overcome the impacts of poverty in schools.

To play in the men's tournaments I have to keep getting stronger and get more distance

I don't want to do anything to embarrass my family or my church because the town that I come from is so small. There are certain things that I just can't be part of because of my foundation.

The thing is with the media, I have a love-hate relationship with [it]. [Journalists] are only doing their jobs and you can't get your own way all the time.