My friends sometimes call me "Alamanci" (Turkish for German) But it actually doesn't matter to me. I would more likely consider myself a Turkish person who grew up in Germany.

No matter who you are or where you're from somewhere down the road you're gonna need someone.

In the light of one choice, we will sing with one voice.

Love is the sweetest pain inside.

With every word unspoken each moment comes undone.

Moving to Turkey was the turning point in my life.

For me, it's good fortune to be between two cultures. Growing up in Germany taught me a lot. I am a world citizen. Today I can adapt well no matter where I am. Even when it's not always easy.

When your heart's not open you can't see what you've got.

Everyone needs a touch.

It's the kisses that are universal.

Sorry can be the hardest word when you know you're wrong.

My dad was so much fun growing up.

I feel like in L.A., you wake up, you put your diamond studs on, put your workout gear, your cute shades, and it is kind of the outfit you stay in the entire day.

Sport was my absolute love. It was very sporty household. We had my - my brother and I both loved sports.

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.

We may be living in the twentieth century, in resplendent sophistication. But deep down, most of us find ourselves still in the Stone Age of superstition.

Between the monster and the fool there are many people who walk the middle path with a dog at their heels, their lives enriched by giving the dog a dog's life.

[Arthur Koestler] wrote some other very interesting books, but that book - I mean, if I were teaching, I don't care what the course is, I would say you really have to read "Darkness at Noon".

I'm always going to keep your heart safe, even if mine has to stop beating for that to happen.

Can't you just like a girl who likes you back?' 'None of them likes me back. I may as well like the one I really want.

Every woman must admit, and every man with as much sense as a woman, that it's very hard to make a home for any man if he's always in it.