I'd rather be number one on the worst-dressed list than number two on the best.

I grew up feeling like the ugly duckling, and things have not changed that much.

For some reason, Hollywood seems to have painted me as a gorgeous vixen at times or the sweet girl.

Fatty, a bearded collie-terrier mix, is the kindest, cuddliest dog. And Oliver, a white golden retriever, even looks like me! My dogs have taught me to be more loving, more nurturing, and happier.

You can't trust the internet.

I'm actually more comfortable playing the stroke victim or the girl with no makeup on, looking scruffy and it's all about what's going on inside rather than on the outside.

I think I've always been a fighter in a healthy way.

The rich aren't paying for luxury - they're paying for basic humanity.

Nothing is Something That to All Isn't There

As long as we issue fiat currency, I see no alternative to a legal tender law.

Somebody who should have been born is gone.

Individualization does not shut one out from the world, but gathers the world to oneself.

When we encounter suffering, it is important to respond w/ compassion rather than to question the politics of those we help.

It is so easy for a woman to become what the man she loves believes her to be

Each individual has a responsibility to get out of bed, learn their ABCs, learn your math tables, not use race and racism as an excuse.

I mean, people who say that the Tea Party isn't a grassroots movement, I think, are incorrect. I think in some respects, it is a grassroots movement.

If we are not most careful with our thoughts and speech, the words we use will use us. Language has its own ethics, and one who communicates truth is like a bright light in the darkness.