I'm always looking over my shoulder, needing to stay ahead of the game.

You can't run a business without taking risks.

I don't buy art. I'd rather buy a beautiful location or a beautiful site than buy art. A beautiful home is like owning a beautiful painting, except you can live in it.

What matters is hard work, and emotional intelligence.

People put 'study abroad' on their resume. I actually like when they don't study abroad because that means they aren't entitled.

Everything has a trend to it; I don't care if it's appliances or engines. I always ask: What has a company done in the past five years that somebody's noticed?

Most obstacles are inspiration.

I'm an agent of change all day long, and I want to meet other people like that.

Good taste shouldn't have to cost anything extra.

I spot detail quickly.

A merchant is someone who figures out how to select, how to smell, how to identify, how to feel, how to time, how to buy, how to sell, and how to hopefully have two plus two equal six.

Whoever believed in Jesus Christ, shall be justified by faith in Son of God.

Awareness is the starting point of every quest and the outcome of every journey.

The punctuation of anniversaries is terrible, like the closing of doors, one after another between you and what you want to hold on to.

I believe transparency in government is key to restoring our nation's faith in its elected leaders.

I was dating a guy that was a huge wrestling fan and I'm embarrassed to say it now but I used to make fun of him for watching it.

As I get older, I want to do more films for kids because they're the best audience around. Just putting a smile on a kid's face is the best thing.

True individuality is the repose arising from the relation of a self to all it has to do with. Bad individuality has in it a separation between outward action and a flat repose inwardly.

Creativity is an integral part of our personality.

We encourage China to engage as a good global citizen and we are clear-eyed about where differences do lie.

When I stopped doing ballet, I started training in the pool. I would do my barre exercises in the water, because that prevents injuries.