When I came to America, I was really into all the things people eat here. . . . People called me Muffin because I would eat muffins all the time.

I think you always need to try your best, but at the same time you can only do what you can do. Don't beat yourself up about it.

I'm not white-picket-fence perfect.

I like to dream, but I like to make things happen.

I was determined to experience the birth, and I am so scared at the thought of having my abdomen cut open. So I was lucky that the birth went very smoothly.

It's important to keep a balanced diet, but I'm not a fan of deprivation. If I want a cheeseburger, I am not only going to eat that cheeseburger, but I'm going to enjoy that cheeseburger.

You should spend your money on some nice lingerie. Big wool cotton pants, that just doesn't work. You have to feel sexy.

I represent more the healthy, happy, curvy, strong woman. And that sounds much healthier to me than being 80 pounds and skinny as a bean.

Pursue success, long after any sane person would have given up.

Because I'm on the runway with some of the best models in the industry.

My career never suffered from my not being skinny. I never did catwalk work because I was always too big. I couldn't get the clothes over my hips.

Ask the questions. Do not just accept anything without question.

Time spent praying and planning gives you a master plan that works for your home and sets a pattern of order for your life.

It's always wrong to hate but it's never wrong to love.

There’s no such thing as a wrong note.

What's the difference between a bright, inquisitive five-year-old, and a dull, stupid nineteen-year-old? Fourteen years of the British educational system.

Back in the class room, open your books, keep up, the teacher don't know how mean she looks.

Politics seems much less important today. When you see your young daughter smiling as she was, and moving around, it's a superb feeling.

Your eyes are even smaller, yet they behold the world.

Government has a habit of blaming the private sector for its own failings while taking credit for advances we in fact owe to the private sector.

I spend my weekends sleeping and watching DVDs, and eating at restaurants within a 2-block radius of my apartment.