In my lifetime, the world has become better, not worse. And the world is moving, very slowly but surely with more democracy and more liberal way of thinking, more inclusion and more diversity.

There is no light without shadow, just as there is no happiness without pain.

Aphrodite is about lust and gluttony - the only two sins worth committing, in my opinion.

You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend, or not.

For women, the best aphrodisiacs are words. The G-spot is in the ears. He who looks for it below there is wasting his time.

I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.

It is a wonderful truth that things we want most in life-a sense of purpose, happiness and hope-are most easily attained by giving them to others.

Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.

There is no death, daughter. People die only when we forget them,' my mother explained shortly before she left me. 'If you can remember me, I will be with you always.

We all have an unsuspected reserve of strength inside that emerges when life puts us to the test.

Heart is what drives us and determines our fate.

The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

When my dad passed, there's a lot of sadness right below the surface, and I think there will be until the day I die. So, writing sad songs helps it. And when I sing them, it's pure therapy for me.

The most important thing about a child's education is to have a great teacher in front of the classroom and a lot of choice and accountability with parents.

I don't feel like basketball is the only way to make a living.

So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and love as if I were speaking to my own soul.

Sweeping, confident articles on the future seem to me, intellectually, the most disreputable of all forms of public utterance.

I realize that I live in the same environment that I did when I was a kid, but with less junk and better art.

It's really exciting. It's really exciting when you do a piece of work, and people like it, and it gets noticed.

Strange how love coexists with hate, how they render eachother mute, how the swilling of them together makes a new and softer, sympathetic thing.