I was a rhythmic and athletic gymnast for a little while. Then, when I quit gymnastics, I fell in love with yoga. So sometimes I think I'd like to open up a yoga studio.

I don't like any kind of negativity. I try to be good to everyone, whether it's a love, a friend, an ex. I'll always try to treat people the way I want to be treated.

Sometimes, the only way to discover who we are, is by figuring out who we are not.

There's just something about vampires that's sexy...It's the same reason why women go for the bad boy - you want them but you shouldn't have them.

Even though you're growing up, you should never stop having fun.

My goal on the show was to be professional. But sometimes you cant help who you have a connection with, and you can only fight it for so long - which I did for a really, really long time.

I literally pass out when I see blood.

I was kind of a jock in school. Beauty wasn't something I spent a lot of time on.

If I feel confident wearing something, I think it translates in photographs. It changes my demeanor and posture.

I'm constantly trying to make myself better, to learn more. I didn't finish college, so I feel like I'm always having to prove myself. I don't want to feel like the smallest person in the room.

Actually... I'm starting a new thing and rebelling against ridiculously high heels. It's inhumane.

Ignorance is the root of many ills. Knowledge must be the fundamental ally of nations that aspire, despite all their tragedies and problems, to become truly emancipated, to build a better world.

Failure is an instruction manual written in scar tissue.

I’ve said before, Harry, no need to hide your light, ” said Alice, squeezing his hand. She giggled, “Dance, monkey, dance.

I don’t even know at what age I started, because it’s always been there. Performing … creating … it’s in my DNA.

Criticism even should not be without its charms. When quite devoid of all amenities, it is no longer literary.

I do know plenty of atheists, agnostics and skeptics who have become Christians through the years. In fact, several of my friends were once strong atheists but are now committed followers of Jesus.

When I visited Auschwitz I was horrified. And when I visited Iraq, I thought to myself, 'What will we tell our children in fifty years when they ask what we did when the people in Iraq were dying.'

Imagination alone is not enough, because the reality of nature is far more wondrous than anything we can imagine

It pays to be a fee fiend.

What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.