When you're not playing the hero of the story, then you have to know that you're always a foil for the good guy. I love playing that. I think that's always an interesting place to be.

Motherhood has taught me the meaning of living in the moment and being at peace. Children don't think about yesterday, and they don't think about tomorrow. They just exist in the moment.

My best beauty secret is simple: Have the right palette and the right colors and remember, you need so much less makeup than you think.

I'm essentially a jeans girl, and I dress them up or down with accessories. For me, it's ultimately about a great pair of shoes.

It takes someone pretty persistent to stick it out with me.

Among the many short cuts to science, we badly need someone to teach us the art of learning with difficulty.

The key to failure is, lack of self discipline.

Institutions are lengthening shadows of strong individuals.

I like a quiet evening with family or friends over, great food and great discussion and a lot of laughter. That's really what I think fills my tank.

Damn it, nobody knows what is beautiful and what is not. They do not understand new things.

To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.

I feel overwhelmingly grateful to them, but I don't know what to do with their invisible gifts.

The man filled with good qualities like Truth, Love, absence of jealousy, ego and hatred, can see God without searching for Him. He becomes a Jnani (a man of spiritual wisdom).

[Napoleon deployed] every available resource to inflict all-out defeats on [his] enemies.

Get your passion on the paper. Detach from the outcome. Forget about whether it's going to get published.