The harder [role] the better. Definitely. When somebody turns around and says, "She can't do that," then that's the one I want to do.

It's okay to be you. You don't have to try to be anybody else. Whatever you are, however you are, it's fine. Nobody's perfect.

I think it's great to be flawed. I am hugely flawed, and I like it this way. That's the fun of life. You fall, get up, make mistakes, learn from them, be human and be you.

Mary Kom is a woman who stood up alone in a male-dominated field and fought for her rights and what she believed in. Her story is an inspiration for every young person out there.

I believe destiny and hard work go hand in hand.

I know I'm flawed - but perfect is boring anyway! Flawed is good!

As a girl, I am this stupid, emotional, very loyal, sort of believe-in-values-and-principals sort of girl.

I am a very private person. No one ever knows anything about me as I don't think it is necessary. I tell people as much as I want them to know about me.

I live with romance in my brain. I'm a true-blue Cancerian like that.

When I became Miss World, I couldn't believe I had won it. I used to sleep with my crown because I was scared someone would steal it. In a minute the world changed for me.

My ambition when I was four years old was to be married.

Humility is not weakness but a quality of strength.

You never know who it's going to be, or what they'll bring, but whatever it is, it's always exactly what is needed.

It seemed that balance was necessary. The old and the new needed to be combined, the traditions adapted. That was the way forward. Without balance change could not occur.

Fill the bowl with rosy wine, around our temples roses twine, And let us cheerfully awhile, like wine and roses, smile.

The absolute ruler may be a Nero, but he is sometimes a Titus or Marc Aurelius; the people is often Nero, but never Marc Aurelius.

Some people only know how to copy others and some people are just subconsciously over influenced by what they hear rather than having a sound of their own.

No punishment for women who have partial birth abortions.

It has been said that a friend is somebody with whom it is possible to be silent.

In the unity of our nations rests the glorious future of our peoples.

Singlemindedness is all-powerful.