There was a French activist and writer, Simone de Beauvoir, who said, 'You are not born woman. You become one' ... Words I live by.

If you are dyslexic, your eyes work fine, your brain works fine, but there is a little short circuit in the wire that goes between the eye and the brain. Reading is not a fluid process.

The ability to grow is directly related to the amount of insecurity you can take in your life.

For all intents and purposes, I am a woman.

I'm saying goodbye to people's perception of me and who I am, I'm not saying goodbye to me, because this has always been me.

Start early and begin raising the bar throughout the day.

It hurts every day when you practice hard. Plus, when this decathlon is over, I got the rest of my life to recuperate. Who cares how bad it hurts?

When you accept yourself you are free from the need for others to accept you.

To be honest with you, being Bruce isn't easy.

It's not just about me. It's about all of us, accepting one another. We're all different... That's a good thing.

I firmly believe that deep in their soul everyone has a champion that can overcome obstacles and do great things.

No matter what God's power may be, the first aspect of God is never that of the absolute Master, the Almighty. It is that of the God who puts himself on our human level and limits himself.

The songs were all either fast or sad. Because all songs should be either fast or sad.

And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.

In life, what more can you ask for than to be real?

Is it not better to fall into the hands of a murderer, than into the dreams of a lustful woman?

I've got friends in low places, where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases my blues away.

Don't worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon.

Wisdom has its excesses, and has no less need of moderation than folly.

The day I'm able to be debt-free is the day I'm going to be the happiest guy around.