My parents are really well intended, and I think their way of dealing with things is denial and guilt. Nobody wanted to talk about it. But all I did was blame myself.

Patience is the only way you can endure the gray periods.

We may have doubts, but we control the present. We always have the choice to move forward with hope and confidence.

I'm a firm believer in putting your money where your mouth is.

I'm a woman who carries around all these layers of fear and vulnerability.

They are safe but they are not in their homes. They are city-less. I think it's just a disaster for everyone.

I am blessed to be able to work at a job I love and also give back in the most vital way - to people in need.

I'm 40 and I just got my first beauty campaign with Clairol Nice and Easy.

I love clothes that when you put them on, you feel like you. I don't care whether anyone else likes them.

My advice, Be healthy, reach your own goals and don't be afraid to impersonate a SNL star.

I feel more comfortable with myself now. I don't know if I feel sexier. I feel more whole.

Each of us should realize the importance of having a talk with our own soul

My friend is my friend, even if he wears rag, even if he wasn't born with a silver spoon, even if nobody wants to be his friend, i will hurt his critics by remaining his friend.

She was never neutral, but she could be tolerant, although it was hard work - never a tolerance of indifference.

I've played a murderer, so certainly I think I can play a Republican.

yearning n. and adj. At te core of this desire is the belief that everything can be perfect.

Music is about the only thing left that people don't fight over.

My recent retirement from full-time teaching to the status of research professor at University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB) encouraged me to come out, so to speak.

I was thinking that if I hit his nuts, maybe he would serve like a woman.

Virtue cannot dwell with slaves, nor reign O'er those who cower to take a tyrant's yoke.

If you'd have asked me when I was auditioning for High School Musical if I ever thought I was going to play a Marine.