I'm a survivor and I can handle anything. I'm very confident about that.

I stay true to myself and my style, and I am always pushing myself to be aware of that and be original.

I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person.

I know that people think I'm sexy and I am looked at as that. It is cool with me. It's wonderful to have sexy appeal. If you embrace it, it can be a very beautiful thing.

Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go for it. But don't think it's going to be easy. It's hard!

You have to love what you do to want to do it everyday.

It’s in how you carry yourself. I’ve always been a very mature person, and I’ve always known what I wanted. And I go after it no matter what.

If at first you don't succeed/You can dust it off and try again/Dust yourself off and try again.

Whatever will be, will be.

I see myself as sexy. If you are comfortable with it, it can be very classy and appealing.

Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want.

The moment-when I could no longer face myself in the mirror-wasn't easily explained

Judging others is too often escapism dressed in the garb of righteous indignation, whereby I dutifully point out in others that which I probably should be pointing out in myself.

We have, by God's grace, been given another day to serve and love, laugh and learn, pray and ponder. Spring is ready to burst into the open air, and we are ready to embrace it.

Chaucer I confess is a rough diamond and must be polished e'er he shines.

Consult the genius of the place, that paints as you plant, and as you work.

The question is: Particularly in the post-9/11 era, are societies becoming more liberal or more authoritarian?

I privately say to you, old friend... please accept from me this unpretentious bouquet of early-blooming parentheses: (((()))).

Let them be reassured, it has never been one of our intentions to ban religion in society, but solely to protect the national education system from any conspicuous display of religious affiliation.

This is possibly the most shameful situation I've ever gotten myself in in my life, and I've done some pretty dumb things in my life. So to actually make a new No. 1 is spectacularly stupid.

The purpose of Zen is the perfection of character.