It scored a direct hit on my eardrum and rattled around in side my head

and when we speak we are afraidour words will not be heardnor welcomedbut when we are silentwe are still afraidSo it is better to speakrememberingwe were never meant to survive

There is only one you. Stop trying to devalue yourself by trying to be a copy of someone else.

No people anywhere in the world would accept being expelled en masse from their own country; how can anyone require the people of Palestine to accept a punishment which nobody else would tolerate?

Her contempt for me was so strong, that it became infectious, and I caught it.

Not only do I believe that it is possible to maintain moral standards without the crutch of religion but I would argue that it is the only way to achieve true goodness.

There is only one thing that I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings.

Part of my strength as an actor comes from what I've learned all these years: when you play a villain, you try to get the light touches; when you play a hero, you try to get in some of the warts.

You can't sustain a fan base on a great catalog alone. You must take your music directly to the people.

I've never once met a successful blogger who questioned the personal value of what she did.

Two basic rules of life are: 1) Change is inevitable. 2) Everybody resists change.