I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.

In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.

You can't achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.

I prefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.

There's no better makeup than self-confidence.

Scars remind me of just how far that I've come.

I am trying to make my accent so it won't bother anyone, but I am not going to drive myself crazy trying to pretend I am an American girl when I am from Colombia.

It doesn't matter if you are a musician, a business leader, a president or a student. We all have a responsibility to give back.

I can be like a lioness when defending my people.

Education affects every major challenge we face in society. It creates economic growth, paves the way for peace and stability and helps erase the legacy of marginalization.

Live your life to the fullest.

Problems are there to be solved. How dull life would be without them.

And he calls it playing? Like, whatever happened to chess? Or cards? Or tag?

Somewhere within the meeting of our eyes, our souls were bonding, even if our day to day lives were far apart.

Fear will do one thing and one thing only: hold you back

Fame, on its best day, is kind of like a friendly wave from a stranger by the side of the road. And when it's not so good, it's like a long walk home, all alone, with nobody in when you get there.

I live in a very small house, but my windows look out on a very large world.

It doesn't necessarily always come down to race in the music industry. It can be whoever has the most money, has the most power, and that's really the struggle - dealing with how crazy money is.

I hate the truth so much that i'd rather have a giant dose of bulls**t anyday

Well, after the divorce, I went home and turned all the lights on!

I’ve never heard that the sexual act requires any particular intelligence. From what I’ve observed, many stupid people are easily able to produce children.