Certainly the soda companies, the junk food companies fought hard against this and today's agreement doesn't mean the battle is over, we still have to pass this bill.

The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.

Music is the balm that heals the forlorn ache of a distant star.

Lessons that come easy are not lessons at all. They are gracious acts of luck. Yet lessons learned the hard way are lessons never forgotten.

You're my bread when I'm hungry You're my shelter from troubled winds You're my anchor in life's ocean Most of all You're my best friend

I don't believe that heaven waits for only those who congregate.

When the sparrow sings its final refrain, the hush is felt nowhere more deeply than in the heart of man.

What we aspire to be is more than what we are yet less than what we are capable of.

I don't believe virginity is common as it used to be.

Why is it that an extended olive branch often turns to a clinched fist of hatred?

On an altar of prejudice we crucify our own, yet the blood of all children is the color of God.

Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.

Happiness has its source in positive feelings, while joy has its source in Jesus.

I blush, I burn, I shudder, while I pen the damnable atrocity.

Beware the ends of the earth and the exotic: the drama is on your doorstep wherever the slums; are, wherever there is malnutrition, wherever there is exploitation and cruelty.

I need to be agile because I do all my own stunts.

I am very proud of my husband, both behind the camera and in front of the camera.

I dislike the frequent use of the word virtue, instead of righteousness, in the pulpit; in prayer or preaching before a Christian community, it sounds too much like pagan philosophy.

I certainly hoped that in the Eastern part of Germany, what was just beginning to be called the German Democratic Republic, you would develop a system of socialism with freedom and democracy.

The more things you know, or pretend to know, the more powerful you are. It doesn't matter if the things are true. What counts, remember, is to possess a secret.