Chinese restaurants have long been a weekly or monthly ritual for many Americans.

Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.

Let your heart beat for music. Don't be a DJ for the wrong reasons, do it because you have a passion for it.

God gives His toughest battles to His strongest soldiers.

Don't lose faith in what you are trying to do, even though you will get pummeled emotionally left and right. There are a lot of "nos" to any "yes." And that's OK.

I'm still the person who naively thinks if I can imagine it, I can have it.

When you are free from self-doubt, you fail better. You accept criticism and listen.

I think if you create well balanced characters that are well represented, boys and girls relate to them whether they're boys or girls.

Chinese cooking is noisy - a multitasking activity that requires constant vigilance. There is no downtime.

If you wanna do a film where you have a big scope, you've got to make your characters relatable and genuine.

If you don't want the nickname, don't live up to it.

I tried, I really tried, to stick with it. I planned to grow old with this man and possibly die in his arms.

If you owe your bank a hundred pounds, you have a problem. But if you owe a million, it has.

The shadows along the streets were personal, and, every passing day, they seemed to grow longer and hungrier

It is quite as ignominious to allow oneself to be deceived as to deceive.

As a teenager, I was an enormous fan of Valerie Bertinelli's hair.

A person with an outstanding attitude makes the best of it while he gets the worst of it.

The Lord is well aware of our mortality. He knows our weaknesses. He understands the challenges of our everyday lives. He has great empathy for the temptations of earthly appetites and passions.

The business of the church is to tell and embody a story

Your lies didn't stop me loving you; your truth hasn't stopped me either.

I can tell you that my experience has been that the gentlemen are more likely to come and ask for the order, ask for the raise, ask for the promotion, and that the women are less likely to do so.