I'm looking very much forward to growing older. I want to be an exhausted older woman but with a very full life behind me and one still going.

The sun doesn't lose its beauty when covered by the clouds. The same way your beauty doesn't fade when being covered by Hijab

Different is good. When someone tells you that you are different, smile and hold your head up and be proud.

Every day we choose who we are by how we define ourselves.

Where ever I am I always find myself looking out the window wishing I was somewhere else.

I've realized that being happy is a choice.

I love to put on lotion. Sometimes I'll watch TV and go into a lotion trance for an hour. I try to find brands that don't taste bad in case anyone wants to taste me.

I know my children will never have to say, 'Mom died of ovarian cancer.'

If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I'm not frightened by anyone's perception of me.

I'm odd looking. Sometimes I think I look like a funny muppet.

I've been reckless, but I'm not a rebel without a cause.

Truth is an outlaw in every country.

The longest way must have its close - the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.

I was born in Somerville, but I don't remember very much about it because we moved from there to Arlington when I was five years old, and it was in Arlington that I spent most of my childhood.

In adolescence you have to separate yourself and establish your identity. So, being very independent anyway, I took charge.

Change comes from listening, learning, caring and conversation.

I really wanted my creams to feel luxurious and have a beautiful finish, and it's harder to do that with natural ingredients.

You're just part of the soup of the universe, so just try to enjoy what's good about it.

I would never censor something to please someone. I don't play games.

A lot of these angles are really about trying to mimic broadcast sports angles in order to anchor the scene, to sort of normalize it before it becomes abstracted.

When I write in the studio, I tend to gravitate toward the ability to play really loud, aggressive, post-punk stuff, with big, heavy guitars and a big rock drum sound.