Am I going to be able to be the person I want to be in this relationship?

Cruelty to animals can become violence to humans.

Looking at beautiful things is what makes me the happiest.

I have always felt that the way we treat animals is a pretty good indicator of the compassion we are capable of for the human race.

I'm very touched on a deep level by cruelty to animals.

I think something will soon have to be done to protect people from hacking and blogging and lying and spreading rumors and chasing you down the street. Lives are wrecked that way.

You know, the fashion business is this legendary repository of young girls on their way to getting husbands. I really wanted to work.

I can't remember when I wasn't an animal rights activist.

The quality of my life has changed dramatically - not the events - but the way I handle them and my priorities and my sense of drama.

I'm learning how to live in the present and be grateful for what's working rather than look for the 'what's not working' piece.

I had a romantic, 'Aren't I a good girl?' take on divorce, but the truth is that was stupid.

I never knew a sorrow that an hour of reading could not assuage, a great man had once said. Let's put it to the test.

Well, the heart always holds out hope that the mind knows may not likely be met.

Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally.

The nature of the music business is such that it's better to have a few chances for some things to be successful than just one, and that's kind of been my attitude all along.

Stay positive, even if you're fighting for your life.

All the best lyrics are written in ten minutes.

If all you succeed in doing in life is getting rich by buying little pieces of paper, it's a failed life. Life is more than being shrewd in wealth accumulation.

I could see peace instead of this.

Every step you make in Jesus Christ enrages the devil.

Lighting that torch in Atlanta didn't make me nervous. Standing up to the government - that made me nervous.