The iPad was my first splurge after I got my first paychecks. I paid off the debt, and I now bring the iPad with me to auditions.

Before a big acting competition, my dad sent me a note that said, 'Define the moment. Don't let the moment define you.'

It's really important to be active in your community, whatever community that is... find allies and find people who you relate to and who make you stronger as a group.

In my normal life, I do not speak with an accent. It's harder for people to realize my hearing loss in everyday life.

I'm a total nerd. I love comic books and video games and most of all zombies!

In the deaf community, in order to play a role of someone with a hearing loss... you have to have hearing loss.

I was born in San Antonio, TX, but moved to Lakewood, CO in elementary school. Then, I moved to Valley Center, CA in high school.

Success is not an event, it is the by product of the activities that transpired before engagement....

Picnics are very dear to those who are in the first stage of the tender passion.

If the law is upheld only by government officials then all law is at an end.

Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.

The Civic Culture (and The Civic Culture Revisited) remains the best study of comparative political culture in our time.

Meditation is the single most powerful tool to aid recovery from disease and lead to a life of maximum health

I think to just single out a highlight of Elvis's career is pretty much impossible. As far as being a fan of his, a lifetime fan, there were just too many highlights.

Sometimes models are surprisingly smart.

Life's not fair, is it? Some of us drink champagne in the fast lane, and some of us eat our sandwiches by the loose chippings on the A597.