Everything good that I know was taught to me by great teachers and I feel like giving back and sharing the technique is the thing to do.

Feminism - the word - can give us a handle, a rallying point, a common ground, and help us build a bridge. Why not claim the gift of the word as a place to begin?

There's a lot of maintenance that goes into being a professional singer.

The word, and the concept of feminism, was a gift because it gave me a sense of identity and a way of defining how I wished to live my life.

I was hugely relieved to discover there was a purpose for girls with loud voices.

I love Mary Chapin Carpenter songs. I love her songs 'Come On, Come On' and 'I Am A Town', they're two of my favorite songs.

Good performance is about the capacity to focus and concentrate.

When there's an opportunity to do more, we must.

It's just a little ranch. Thirty-five acres. In Texas, if it's not a thousand acres, it's considered a ranchette.

The pure connecting factor is that those of us who describe ourselves as feminists want equal rights for all people.

I have never experienced racism in the feminist movement, so it concerned me to think that I was unable to see the subject clearly because I came from white, middle-class privilege.

Sometimes goes easier... others... goes wrong. But that's world!(Dexter)

Sometimes -- she knows this from her own life -- to get to the other side, you must travel through grief. No detours are possible.

Those who do not study are only cattle dressed up in men's clothes.

When I went to school, I was already reading and writing. In fact, I was offended that the other kids couldn't.

I'm very young. This gives me a perfect opportunity to play for a good team and be close to home, to grow as a player. (on signing for D.C. United)

Acting is not being emotional, but being able to fully express emotion.

I believe that those who die for Ireland have no need for prayer

We must let our hopes be greater than our fears.

Most people would rather defend to the death your right to say it than listen to it.

If there is a God, the phrase that must disgust him is - holy war.