But perhaps that was just the way of power: no such thing as too much.

There is no greater warrior than a mother protecting her child.

If the first words out of your mouth are to cry 'political correctness!', ... chances are very, very high that you are in fact part of the problem.

We can never be gods, after all--but we can become something less than human with frightening ease.

Any woman can face the world alone, but why should we have to?

I am not as I once was. They have done this to me, broken me open and torn out my heart. I do not know who I am anymore. I must try to remember.

You're very lucky... Friends are precious, powerful things - hard to earn, harder still to keep. You should thank this one for taking a chance on you.

Once upon a time there was a Once upon a time there was a Once upon a time there was a Stop this. It's undignified.

There is nothing foolish about hope.

They live forever. But many of them are even more lonely and miserable than we are. Why do you think they bother with us? We teach them life's value.

...and when I lift my head to scream out my fury, a million stars turn black and die. No one can see them, but they are my tears.

When we change the way we communicate, we change society

You can make peace with an enemy, if the enemy abandons the idea of destroying you. That is the critical test. Democracies fail to understand what I just said.

When you don't know what to do, do what's right and do what's in front of you. But not necessarily what's right in front of you.

That's a girl's life for the rest of her days- somewhere between a lollipop and shots.

It is very unfair to judge any body's conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation.

My one main secret I did right after my pageants days, is I only wash my hair once a week. I tell everyone, 'You have to stop washing your hair so much!'

People are much more likely to act their way into a new way of thinking, than think their way into a new way of acting.

If you don't watch out, putting on your unhappiness in the morning can become as instinctive as putting on your clothes.

I'm not a computer girl.

I think producers are more interested in backing concepts than directors and writers. I don't think that's the right way of making a decision about whether you're going to back a film or not.