Dancing was a big part of my life, but I would never consider myself a dancer. I adore singing, and music has always been a huge part of my life, but I also enjoy acting.

Being cool is being your own self, not doing something that someone else is telling you to do.

I love funky styles. Not preppy or rock, just funky!

I am human like everyone else. I am aware that there are people who look up to me. When mistakes are made, they aren't intentional, and I constantly push myself to be a better person.

Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.

I just lip gloss! It doesn't matter if it's $2 or $30.

The Lion King always makes me cry, especially when Simba's father gets trampled.

I don't go long without eating. I never starve myself: I grab a healthy snack.

My style is boho chic. I love that time period - the patterns, the prints, the people, the music, the vibe.

Do not just look at your boyfriend as just a boyfriend. Look at him as a friend, too.

I want to be strong and empowered. I want to shock everybody.

There's no there. That elusive 'there' with the job, the beach house, the dream, it's not out there. There is here. It's in you... right now.

It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.

The bliss of the Creator forever permeates all of creation, and it is only in the forgetting that misery exists.

How can we help President Obama?

There is unspeakable comfort in knowing that God is constantly taking knowledge of me in love and watching over me for my good.

Remember, everything you are building today will be killed or iterated. The former is more likely than the latter. Great products are created by many incremental improvements.

I somehow got this reputation of diddling and dithering. I don't remember dithering at all.

We are so engrossed with the objects, or appearances revealed by the light, that we pay no attention to the light.

I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations.

The most liberating act of free, unconditional grace demands that the recipient give up control of his or her life.