I have no intention of resigning, and confidently expect to resume official duties within three months.

My recovery, though slower than hoped for, is nevertheless assured.

The rumor that the state of my health will necessitate my resignation is entirely unfounded.

My work ethic came from my parents and my fear of failure. I came from a small, predominantly black school and I didn't want to let them down.

Teaching yoga is the only thing I can do. I can't imagine not doing it. I love it because I believe in it.

The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same).

When you wish to subjugate a people, you have to convince them of their own inherent weakness.

My own style is one of not much effort.

We read, frequently if not unknowingly, in search of a mind more original than our own.

The 1,000 tasting portions were to be served over a period of six hours, starting at noon, so we would have to prep those another way, to keep them as fresh as possible.

Like any working mother I find it hard to have a social life. But my kids are so well adjusted. There isn't a brat bone in their body so I haven't done anything that bad.

My first album came out in 1979.

I was brought up in a very ordinary family, in fact, a worker's family. Both my father and mother were ordinary citizens.