Every kiss is a kiss you can never get back.

I know that I've got big ears and a big forehead and that my hair sticks up, but I'm happy with myself. I'm not necessarily trying to win a beauty pageant here.

I decided to study special education and fell in love with working with individuals with autism. That's what I planned to do with my life.

The message I'll share...is that inclusion is extremely important for kids with and without disabilities.

A song can be more than words and music ... when sung with soul a song carries you to another world, to a place where no matter how much pain you feel, you are never alone.

I like to talk. I'm a terrible dancer. I love my hometown. I have freckles and oversized ears. I'm a geeks. I have tried not to hide who I am or what matters to me.

Well, fortunately we found out that the runner-up our particular year was going to get a record contract also. So it was kind of a - it was bitter sweet but it was an opportunity.

It doesn't really matter to me how I make a difference, I just wanna make sure that I do.

I know this is going to sound cheesy and like I'm trying to be Miss America, but the most important responsibility a celebrity has is to set an example and be a role model.

And I think that when I finally decided to let go and let God and allow that to happen, I became a lot more successful than I could have done if I had planned it all myself.

I went to school for special education. I always assumed when I had the opportunity I would love to try and help kids with disabilities.

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.

Love is so unpredictable. That's what makes it so great.

The secret of life is love, but the purpose of life is happiness.

Beauty to me is in the eye of the beholder. Beauty comes in all different shapes, sizes, looks, qualities, but I truly believe that everybody is beautiful in their own way.

Religion cannot sink lower than when somehow it is raised to a state religion ... It becomes then an avowed mistress.

We don't have to be defined by the things that we did or didn't do in our past- Four

No one wants to stay in the tabloids. But it's actually not a terrible place to start.

The pictures are there, and you just take them.

There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed.

Some hearts understand each other, even in silence.