Why is a woman's sexuality always under so much scrutiny? Why can't she do exactly what she please without being called a million things?

I'm an ocean, because I'm really deep. If you search deep enough you can find rare exotic treasures.

So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?

The female body is something that's so beautiful. I wish women would be proud of their bodies and not diss other women for being proud of theirs.

You can never be too perfect, too thin, too curvy. I'm very confident and happy with my body.

I am Ecuadorian but people felt so safe passing me off as a skinny, blue-eyed white girl.

I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque.

There was no way in hell I was going to jeopardize my baby for my show.

Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion.

I love theatrics and have a huge imagination: Why would I want to sit onstage and sing a bunch of ballads back-to-back?

I remember watching the Grammys and looking at the performances and crying to my mom, saying how much I wanted to be there.

There is no necessity to live by the clock.

Think not of the fragility of life, but of the power of books, when mere words have the ability to change our lives simply by being next to each other.

Let your heart shine even more than your face. The beautiful contents of your heart can never be forgotten, but your face will be a history.

Lust has less logic than love, sometimes, but it's easier to fight.

You can make positive deposits in your own economy every day by reading and listening to powerful, positive, life-changing content and by associating with encouraging and hope-building people.

Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.

Every human body has its optimum weight and contour, which only health and efficiency can establish. Whenever we treat women's bodies as aesthetic objects without function we deform them.

Eating healthy is a constant battle. I love chips. I'm a huge pasta fan.

Cosmologists are often in error, but never in doubt

Great. Just great. One glimpse of his body and I have a full-blown crush. I honestly thought I was a bit deeper than that.