The only thing that stays the same is change.

You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.

Be strong, believe in who you are; be strong, believe in what you feel.

It was tough being a single mom. It was tough being in a divorce with children. Very, very hard.

Don't let anyone tell you that you have to be a certain way. Be unique. Be what you feel.

The sign says do not enter, no trespassing allowed. With visions of redemption I walk against the crowd.

We are getting older, and we are getting wiser, and we are getting freer. And when you get the wisdom and the truth, then you get the freedom and you get power, and then look out. Look out.

I can be a rock star with a television show and still have a self-esteem problem. So it's nice to have your dad go, 'Hey Melissa, I'm proud of you - you're doing good.'

There will always be someone else with a different view than you. I appreciate them and would never say that they are wrong. I hope that they would give me that courtesy also.

I feel my heart break to see a nation ripped apart by it's own greatest strength - it's diversity.

There's a point when your tape of life runs off the reel and there's this stillness of your own - I got to know myself.

Wealth creeps under your epidermis like poison. It invades your posture, your gestures, the way you carry yourself.

As writers, it is our job not only to imagine, but to witness.

My morals are important to me.

We're going to make that Lone Star shine again.

Second records aren't usually very good. Even Bob Dylan's was a bit disappointing.

It sounds like something from a Woody Guthrie song, but it's true; I was raised in a freight car.

Wine is a cunning wrestler.

If there's anything I can do, it's to present an alternative vision for the country.

The Absolute cannot be divided.

He who went to the kings to seek favors went away from Allah.