Peace in the Middle East isn't going to be created by another war or violent act on the other side.

I'm on the board of directors for Peace Now, which works tirelessly between the Palestinians and the Israelis to create peace in the Middle East and we've never been closer.

I believe there's a common ground in what all gifted writers write. It has to do with their wish to turn darkness into light.

Everything I experience influences everything I do.

I love my work, I love the people I work with, I do the best I can.

Sondheim is the Shakespeare of the musical theater world.

I've been very blessed in my personal life and in my career and I have never been ungrateful for what I have.

Our actions are the ground we walk on.

I'm active in PAX, which is a gun awareness organization. We treat gun safety as a public health issue.

I'm blessed. I have a 13-year-old girl's eye and a 14 year-old boy's eye. I've been given the gift of sight by people who decided to donate organs. I try to do as much organ-donor work as I can.

But I loved the theatre and I was just doing theatre 24/7 and kept dropping courses because I didn't have the time and the chancellor thought that wasn't a good idea after awhile.

Do not underestimate the importance of feeling special.

There is no debate in the scientific community...We need [Congress] to change things, not to deny what's happening.

I've seen too many celebrities fall from their morals, and I wanna come up under that and be THAT girl that doesn't need a scandal to make herself look better.

You look angry," he said. "You put me on hold." "For a very good reason." "You put me," she said very, very slowly, "on hold.

I am not the world's most confident person.

When I grow up, I want to be an actress. But I want to be a legend of something.

I think public health is kind of in a very sad state of affairs here in this country.

Those who cannot remember clearly their own childhood are poor educators.

Nicole was always there with her door open, her arms open, her ears open - just what you need.

Besides the mathematical arts there is no infallible knowledge, except that it be borrowed from them.