I have a notebook that is filled to the brim with my dreams and ideas and goals and aspirations.

It's nice to just be a kid and hang out with your friends at lunch.

Be patient. Be confident in yourself. Anything can happen if you really work at it. Never give up. It‘s corny, but never give up.

You have to grow thick skin and that only comes with time and learning.

I never imagined myself doing this. Doors opened for me and I ran for it.

MTV in general is involved with so many artists - musicians, actors, people in the fashion industry, and art world.

Girls are stronger in numbers. So yes, I believe girls should stick together whenever possible.

If you believe in yourself and feel confident in yourself, you can do anything. I really believe that.

I want to encourage more young women to get involved in coding, because it's important for them to be able to help shape the future, and coding is the future.

I think that taking ballet is one of the best things a girl can do. Period.

I love kids, so two things that I have thought about are being a pediatrician or a kindergarten teacher.

Without longsuffering, it is impossible to be a successful leader.

Well-run libraries are filled with people because what a good library offers cannot be easily found elsewhere: an indoor public space in which you do not have to buy anything in order to stay.

I am made of endless hours. Not just split seconds.

I always wear high heels.

Sometimes you watch comedians and feel like they're jerking off in front of you, but they want you to see how big it is.

I believe that in the ideal school we have the reconciliation of the individualistic and the institutional ideals.

President Clinton was often known as the first black president. I wouldn't be upset if I could earn the right to be the second.

Adrenaline is my drug of choice.

His smile bore the same relation to a real smile as false teeth do to real teeth.

It might be an idea for all literary critics to read the books they analyse aloud - it certainly helps to fix them in the mind, while providing a readymade seminar with your audience.