My new year's resolution: Never be afraid to be kicked in the teeth. Let the blood and the bruises define your legacy.

Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put on some sunglasses because we were born this way.

live your eyeliner, breathe your lipstick, and kill for each other -Lady Gaga via twitter

Don't you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can't be exactly who you are.

Love is the new denim or black

Fight and push harder for what you believe in, you'd be surprised, you are much stronger than you think.

In a sense I portray myself in a very androgynous way, and I love androgyny.

Rejoice and love yourself today 'Cause baby, you were born this way.

Whether I'm wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I'm always the same person inside.

I'm definitely a Polaroid camera girl. For me, what I'm really excited about is bringing back the artistry and the nature of Polaroid.

What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.

It is a fact that you have a calling, but you must also know when the time comes for its fulfillment

If you expect the worse, you're only denying someone a chance to be better

It is good for children to find themselves facing the elements of a fairy tale - they are well-equipped to deal with these

Today words curve around my vision, Stumbling from my parched coreTo soak again those strands of silence.

When I stop [working] the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm working.

But, of course, it isn't really Good-bye, because the Forest will always be there... and anybody who is Friendly with Bears can find it.

Everybody wants to solve everybody's problems.

Prisons are like the concentration camps of our time. So many go in and never come out, and primarily they're black and Latino.

Aiki is not a technique to fight with or defeat an enemy. It is the way to reconcile the world and make human beings one family.

You don't turn out as many books as I did then by sitting around, being cozy with the family.