Saving just one pet won't change the world but surely the world will change for that one pet.

The truth is, after Boys Don't Cry, I realized how few and far between the great roles are. I am beyond thankful for finding Million Dollar Baby.

This is my one and only life and it's a great and terrible and short and endless thing and none of us come out of it alive.

I grew up in a trailer park in Bellingham, Washington.

My biggest growth has been sitting with things that are uncomfortable and dealing with them.

I had teachers who I could tell didn't want to be there. And I just couldn't get inspired by someone who didn't want to be there.

I don't think people should have boundaries put on them, by themselves or society or another gender, because it's our birthright to experience life in whatever way we feel best suits us.

You can change your fate. You can sit back, or you can go after your life and all that you want it to be.

You only have one life and if you're not doing what you love, what's the point?

Few people know this about me, but I love baking pies.

There's no negatives. You just have to trust that what's happening in your life is unfolding in exactly the right way.

It’s an act of our will to choose to see people simply as wildly loved by God, to assume their beauty before guessing their depravity.

My first line of defense against reality is called sleep.

I'm like every other woman: a closet full of clothes, but nothing to wear: So I wear jeans.

The visionary who is serving God ceases to live for personal ambitions, but rather for God's ambitions.

Man had freedom to choose the good, but this same freedom also allowed him to choose the bad. This is called moral freedom.

the fateful equating of power with violence, of the political with government, and of government with a necessary evil has begun.

I like to box. It's a great release.

When you are in a good theatre show, it is a wonderful and very fulfilling experience, entertaining a large audience and their showing their appreciation for your efforts.

I'm a tourist, a glorified tourist. I'm not doing it to have a good time or to lie in the sun.

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation.