I ended up buying a restaurant. Already we had invested in a gas station and a metal products plant.

What the public expects and what is healthy for an individual are two very different things.

The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it.

I was all in gold sequins for Million Dollar Mermaid, 50 feet in the air

Traveling to swimming meets took me beyond my small-town existence, gave me a hint of the exciting world outside of my own home.

Clark Gable was the first to have called me a mermaid.

I took my daily swim at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool despite the presence of onlookers

My training in Science of Mind had begun with my mother. She took me to a different church every Sunday, and she encouraged me to question the minister afterward.

Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool.

No one can avoid a challenge in life without breeding regret, and regret is the arsenic of life.

Marriage to Fernando offered shelter and security, but the shackle was the price I'd pay.

Sometimes in the quest of searching the stars in others eyes, we fall into the never ending pit of darkness.

That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.

We missed a lot of church, so the music is our confessional.

God made me a singer, and I just sang.

My temperament is my strongest thing according for the people that know me best.

The crucial people to get your product started for the first 6 months are not who will be using it 3 years later.

A man of courage flees forward in the midst of new things.

I do not want to live at the cost of the life even of a snake. I should let him bite me to death rather than kill him.

All that matters is to help the team.

Drummers are conductors - we set the pace for the music - so if you're not relaxed and feeling right, the whole thing goes out the window.