'Shake It Up' definitely teaches kids about the importance of reaching for your dreams and setting high goals. It also teaches great lessons about friendship and family.

I think women are very powerful and I think we're more powerful together than separated.

Don't try so hard to fit in, and certainly don't try so hard to be different just try hard to be you.

Determination. No matter what field you're in, determination will surely get you to the top.

I don't mind if people look at me like I'm crazy. I'm just being me.

The best thing is to realize that you are who you are and you gotta work with what you got.

I’m one of those people who doesn’t follow trends. I set them.

I want to show that you don’t have to be older to live your dreams; you can do it at any age

There are so many great things in life; why dwell on negativity?

I've always learned how to deal with my problems through my words, through my education, and through my intelligence, which I think is important and the best way to deal with an issue.

A, surround yourself by positive people who will help you reach your goal and support you. And B, go for it!

I thought of all the hardships and people that I had lost in the past few days alone, but, most of all, I thought of how I didn't regret any of it.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are you aren't.

Always aim for achievement and forget about success.

Do you believe in immortality? No, and one life is enough for me.

It's hopeless! Tomorrow there'll be even more books I should have read than there are today.

I like things where I can do a physical transformation, and I love accents and voices, and I'm never going to play the same character twice.

I don't think of myself as a symbol of the sixties, but I do think of myself as a symbol of following through on your beliefs.

And if no Lethe flows beneath your casement, And when ten years have not brought full effacement, Philosophy was wrong, and you may meet.

American Jews, like Americans, have a very consumerist attitude toward their identity: they pick and choose the bits of this and that they like.

I had turned personal validation into my primary source of meaning and value, so that without it I was miserable and depressed.