We grew up as poor people but we never knew poverty. I still love and miss the Somalia I grew up in. Things changed, when my father became a diplomat later on.

A self-esteem issue doesn't change whether you're considered beautiful or not because it's about what's inside you.

I believe in glamour. I am in favor of a little vanity. I don't rely on just my genes. Looking good is a commitment to yourself and to others.

Don't be afraid to walk away from things that are just not right for you.

Pulling off a zebra-print dress can be challenging for some.

I would rather Google other people than Google myself.

My saving grace was that I always knew when to leave the party.

My father taught me how to be a parent and gave me a positive connection with men because he is a gentleman.

For me, diversity whether you think of it as race or gender, it's not a trend, it's a human movement, it's a human feeling, it's a human desire.

Make sure your decision to have a child is based on the need to share your life completely with another little human being and not because of some personal need for validation as a woman.

I come from Somalia. We start working young, and we understand that kind of life. I would be bored to death not doing anything creative.

I once feared death. It is said that death begins with the absence of life. And life begins when death is no longer feared. I have stared death in the eye and survived.

To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart.

When you're in a relationship with a very famous person, you have to make compromises.

Consider that not only do negative thoughts and emotions destroy our experience of peace, they also undermine our health.

I am not fitted to give concerts. The audience intimidates me, I feel choked by its breath, paralyzed by its curious glances, struck dumb by all those strange faces.

The world is full of people who are very clever at seeming much smarter than they really are.

In most novels, the landscape, or the place, in which the story takes part is simply a backdrop to the human action.

Music is the inarticulate speech of the heart, which cannot be compressed into words, because it is infinite.

Ministers and merchants love nobody.

Taking part in these types of programs is crucial to our youth and crucial to the future of this game.