I like the touch and the smell of all the pretty dresses you wear.

People have the strength to overcome their bodies. Their beauty is in their minds.

Dream big and surround yourself with brilliance, even if you end up dressed up like a flower or a sexually transmitted disease.

Surround yourself with brilliance.

I hold the line, the line of strength that pulls me from the fear.

From the pain come the dream From the dream come the vision From the vision come the people From the people come the power From this power come the change.

Music is a spiritual doorway. ... Its power comes from the fact that It plugs directly into the soul.

Words, they climb all over you/'Til they uncover you From where you hide.

Whenever there's a camera around, a video or film camera, it's a great deal harder for those in power to bury the story.

Deadlines are things that we pass through on the way to finishing.

Self-conscious, uncertain, I'm showered by the dust. But the spirit enters into me and I submit to trust.

Patience isn’t simply waiting, it is caring enough about the situation and those involved to remain calm and courteous throughout the wait.

Between 2 and 5 I'm reading in to find out what's been going on while I've been asleep.

Its always really surreal, being on a film set, but inside a beautiful, massive scene.

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter.

Surprisingly enough, I haven't had a letter from Amateur Boxing Scotland bosses offering their congratulations for my Melbourne medal win.

Liberty and choice are the essential components that constitute human dignity.

The factory farm is . . . an obvious moral evil so sickening and horrendous. . . All this so we can have our accustomed veal or lamb or fried chicken or pork chop or hot dog.

I have never been one for the over-the-top.

I have never had a lap dance in Tampa or any other part of Florida. If I ever did have a lap dance, I don't think I would be discussing television ideas with the girl that was giving it to me.

My journey has been a very slow build-up. Each year has been a step upward. I've never actually gone backward.