There was one time I wrestled two boys and I beat them both! They weighed a lot less than I did and I think they didn't want to hurt a girl, so I don't know if I really won - I'd like to think I did.

Never be ashamed of what or how you feel... just be honest.

I will never be a waif. I want to market myself as a healthy-looking woman who is an action-star kind of girl.

I was cast in 'Thor' back in 2009, so it sort of took me out of the running for anything tied to DC Comics.

I actually read “Wonder Woman,” and here’s the thing about her: she’s more of a physical presence than anything else. You don’t get to really know her on the inside.

I think that when people look at me, and they look at my height and my voice and my coloring, they automatically think, "Tough."

I'm blessed with very fast memorization skills, so I don't have to read it too far in advance.

I'm a very physical person. I hug people, more so than shake hands.

I try to do yoga when I can to make sure that I'm flexible and that I'm not going to tear any muscle or pull anything.

I got into the business all by chance. I really enjoy what I do now, but it wasn't always a huge dream of mine. I think I always had thought about it growing up, though.

If I find the right character, I don't care if it's a film, a television show or a play, I'm gonna do it. Everybody crosses over and it's just one big pool of stuff now.

When you are old and grey and full of sleep And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep

Everybody's got the seam of goodness in them, Kit, " said Grandpa. "Just a matter of whether it can be found and brought out into the light.

Dealing with pain for surviving on this thirsty concrete

Food brings people together on many different levels. It's nourishment of the soul and body it's truly love.

I can remember the very spot in the road, whilst in my carriage, when to my joy the solution occurred to me.

God, in His wisdom, has so linked the whole human family together that any violence done at one end of the chain is felt throughout its length.

A lot of my songs are fantasy. I can dream up all kinds of things. That's the kind of world I live in. It's very sort of flamboyant, and that's the kind of way I write. I love it

I judge the people and the nations by their ideals; the higher the ideals, the better the person, the greater the nation.

Sanity ... is the most profound moral option of our time.

If we are always demanding something out of life, then we will never be content. But if we accept life as it is, then we will know contentment.