Being a lady does not require silence.

That's what we're here on this Earth for, to help others.

I have an independent streak. You know, it's kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.

The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.

You can make it, but it's easier if you don't have to do it alone.

A liberated woman is one who feels confident in herself, and is happy in what she is doing. She is a person who has a sense of self-it all comes down to a freedom of choice.

You never know what you can do until you have to do it.

I feel it's important to be active. People who retire, sit by their swimming pool and golf course and plan to relax have a very empty life.

My makeup wasn't smeared, I wasn't disheveled, I behaved politely, and I never finished off a bottle, so how could I be alcoholic?

I don't look at what I've lost. I look instead at what I have left.

Any woman should have the right to a safe and legal abortion.

We need words from heaven. Too many words come from the human heart and not from heaven. God wants prophets who will bring words from heaven that will change things on earth.

It came, over and over, down to this: What made someone a mother? Was it biology alone, or was it love?

If a God tends to reinforce the prejudices in a society instead of diminishing them from the society, then such God is worse than Cancer.

Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful.

What do you despise? By this are you truly known.

I've had to learn how to say 'no' to offers.

A good song is a good song, and good musicians can play all different styles.

Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil.

An American Idol is someone that has all the qualities that America thinks is positive, attractive and alluring.

I think the differences between men and women, it's kind of hard to define what those are and the challenges, what they are. I think there are challenging things for everybody.