I think I may have failed at a lot of things, but the one thing I can say, and that I'm proud of, is that I am a good parent.

Older women know who they are, and that makes them more beautiful than younger ones. I like to see a face with some character. I want to see lines. I want to see wrinkles.

Just because I never went to university doesn't mean you can't read, although I do feel a bit uneducated from time to time.

I think that reality TV is so bad. It is a tool by the media to not make people think.

My mum made a conscious decision not to teach me any Indian languages so I wouldn't talk with an accent.

I was always in trouble from an early age. I had a fraught relationship with my parents, who were very traditional. Doing plays at school was a joyous release.

I'm not an academic, but I've always loved poetry since I've been small.

If you don't take the chance to live life, what can you say at the end of it?

The unknown is always frightening.

A slice of hot, buttered toast is the perfect meal. It's not too much and not too little, and it gives you just the right buzz.

We emphasize our differences by nationality, race and financially. [...] It's our common humanity that defines us.

Cutting out drama... Healthy mind and body choices... Intent followed by action... Keeping real friends and letting go of the pretends... Livin' clean for Twenty Seventeen!

A photograph is a kind of time machine.

It is amazing what God can do with what seems so small

The hours Facebook users put into their profiles and lists and updates is the labor that Facebook then sells to the market researchers and advertisers it serves.

True hospitality consists of giving the best of yourself to your guests.

I always do my draft in long hand because even the ink is part of the flow.

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.

We have enormous challenges in front of us.

Ninety-five percent of the time when I run a contest I've purchased the giveaway prizes with advertising money.

Bobby Cox had the biggest influence in my career and probably the second- or third-biggest influence in my life.