My mother put me on birth control as soon as I told her I wanted to go on it. I was 16. I was very young.

Women work as much as men now, if not more. There's a resurgence of dads in the home and moms working.

They have a joy for life in Brazil unlike any country I've ever seen.

When I'm not working, I'm definitely a no-makeup girl. The most I ever do is a little tinted moisturizer and a little mascara and blush.

Humans have a sense of spontaneity and emotion. We have a dichotomy between grief and happiness.

I've had long hair, I've had short hair, and I've had in between hair... and its all good.

Brazil has a lot of issues that are similar to a lot of countries in Latin America, but the dominant issue Brazil is dealing with is poverty and political corruption.

I would love to be a Bond girl. That is on my bucket list, definitely.

I love a good road trip. And I have been known to sing cheesy '80s songs at the top of my lungs on a windy road when no one can hear.

My whole family is very artistic - my uncles are all actors and theatre directors.

The sky above us is something we have very little control of, and the space beyond is something we don't completely understand.

Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western architecture.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Darkness may cover light, but that is not the same thing as putting it out. Whereas, to overcome darkness, all light need do is to exist.

Don’t think innovation, think usefulness.

And if you believe that we really have free will, then you know that God can't really control us. And since God can't control us, all God does is watch and change channels when He gets bored.

Ultimately what you do is secondary. But how you do it is primary.

Sales fixes everything.

My means are sane, my motives and my object mad.

Sometimes I wonder if we don't see Christ's love as much in the people he tolerated as in the pain he endured.

I'm quite shy, so if there's a guy I like, I actually ignore him because I can't speak to him. I get all red and sweaty, and it's embarrassing.