Romanians have a saying, 'Not every dog has a bagel on its tail.' It means that not all streets are paved with gold. When I began my career, I just wanted to do cartwheels.

I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.

I ended up in the US for a month or so, before moving to Montreal with some Romanian friends.

When you fall, leap to your feet and try again.

My marriage to my husband, Bart Conner in 1996 is my proudest personal moment.

One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989.

Of course, I grew up in Communist Romania, but I am happy to say that now our country is democratic, and prospering, since the revolution in 1989.

Work hard for your goals and live in the moment.

Jump off the beam, flip off the bars follows your dreams, and reach for the stars

I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives.

Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.

When a hypocrite or a wicked leader is in power, anyone that becomes popular or stands out easily becomes a prey.

Faye, if you got eaten by another shark, would you please at least have the decency to say so? My time is kind of limited, if you know what I’m sayin’.

Most of the people that doubt other people's dreams do so because they don't even believe in their own dreams.

My hunch is that pop culture began to stagnate the moment Americans started to love the past more than they did the future.

Software is the magic thing whose importance only goes up over time.

The healthy life is hardly one marked by an absence of crises. In fact, an individual's psychological health is distinguished by how early he or she can meet crisis.

If we let go of things, our life is going to change. And the reality is that we are actually more afraid of change than we are of death.

I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard I expected of myself.

I was early in my career and didn't understand that people were looking at me and critiquing me yet.

Flexibility comes from having multiple choices; wisdom comes from having multiple perspectives.