I think it's not a femme fatale when someone is not doing it to manipulate men or be like a black widow. She loves him. She does it out of love. She wants him so badly to stay with her.

I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder.

No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.

Life is tough; and if you have the ability to laugh at it, you have the ability to enjoy it.

I proved to myself that if I believe in something and set my mind to it I could actually accomplish it.

I keep waiting to meet a man who has more balls than I do.

Sometimes evolving doesn't mean transforming; sometimes it just means owning what is there.

Life is about creating new opportunities, not waiting for them to come to you.

Your empathy for other mothers is such a natural instinct and it's such a beautiful thing that we all connect, and we should all help each other.

What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you're never discouraged.

You can be a thousand different women. It's your choice which one you want to be. It's about freedom and sovereignty. You celebrate who you are. You say, 'This is my kingdom.'

Being a word wielder is far better than being a sword wielder. Greatest thing is you can still change the world.

Friendship isn't measured in days, months or years, it's measured in the way someone makes you feel.

The loudspeaker on the wall crackles, hisses, and suddenly announces, in astonishingly soothing tones, that a train is going to be delayed. An ocean swell of sighs ripples through the waiting room.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.

If you put yourself in a situation of unpredictability and then find that it's completely possible to accept it, then you become an observer.

Russia has two bases outside of Russia. America has 178 military bases throughout the world. Who's the aggressor?

There is a way to play this game physically, but it's the mental part that's going to separate gold from silver and silver from bronze.

The brain happens to be a meat machine.

In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.

No one is truly dead until they are no longer loved.