Mmm, freshly baked cookies. Even better, the rich, buttery scent had conquered the usual mothball odor.

Even here in Michigan my mom had found a way to climb before she even knew it was a sport. Before she'd ever seen a mountain.

But in this crowd, my blond ponytail stood out like a crescent moon in a midnight sky.

I think the whole student rebellion is not really a rebellion at all....They want a certain kind of identity

Sometimes you can get more answers by not asking any questions.

I don't like celebrity quarterbacks. We don't need those. We need battlefield commanders.

Martin Luther King was an extremist of love.

The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.

For me, I love auditioning.

It only seems impossible until it's done.

It's important to focus on what we do best and master one craft at a time.

I'm missing something when I'm sleeping.

If beauty is only skin deep, look really, really hard.