I had to dance topless for two years to make cash to pay my bills and save some money. But it was very enlightening, by the way. I'm talking about light from the gutter.

My father instilled in me that if you don't see things happening the way you want them to, you get out there and make them happen.

The habits that took years to build, do not take a day to change.

The more people I meet, the farther out of my own little world I go, the more I see that we are all alike. And there isn't one of us who can afford to pick up the rock in the glass house.

There isn't a theologian in the world who can argue with me on this. God has no gender. If that's the case, then everything needs to be rewritten now, right now.

Everything, everything, everything! I want to know everything. I want the privilege of being a crone.

Hard work - I mean, does anybody use that term anymore? Laziness doesn't fly. It's all in the practice. It does take work and it ain't easy - but man, the rewards!

You can be fat and love yourself. You can be fat and have a great damn personality. You can be fat and sew your own clothes. But you can't be fat and healthy.

I know the guru route, I know you go sit on a mountain. But screw India. I ain't going there.

The more you achieve, the more interest it should spark to go further, because there's so much - and I don't mean monetarily and I don't mean in society. This whole experience of living is so rich!

Food = joy ... guilt ... anger ... pain ... nurturing ... friendship ... hatred ... the way you look and feel.... Food = everything you can imagine.

Remember diamonds are created under pressure so hold on, it will be your time to shine soon.

If we're all aggressive, obedient solders [sic], who's going to write the poems and play the blues and go on anti-war protest marches?

The canvas is the door to another dimension. The paintbrush is the key.

You have to stay true to your heritage, that's what your brand is about.

Those that will always help a friend, will always have a friend.

Promoting a religious agenda that is to apply to every citizen is inconsistent with our laws in the US. It seems to me that your community and mine can live and work together without conflict.

It is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in and settleth in it, that doth the hurt.

Somewhere in the land, a monster lurked.

... every little boy thinks he invented sin.

I want every Filipino woman empowered with information regarding all options available to her regarding family planning.