You can be a thousand different women. It's your choice which one you want to be. It's about freedom and sovereignty. You celebrate who you are. You say, 'This is my kingdom.'

I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder.

No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.

Life is tough; and if you have the ability to laugh at it, you have the ability to enjoy it.

I think it's not a femme fatale when someone is not doing it to manipulate men or be like a black widow. She loves him. She does it out of love. She wants him so badly to stay with her.

I proved to myself that if I believe in something and set my mind to it I could actually accomplish it.

I keep waiting to meet a man who has more balls than I do.

Sometimes evolving doesn't mean transforming; sometimes it just means owning what is there.

Life is about creating new opportunities, not waiting for them to come to you.

Your empathy for other mothers is such a natural instinct and it's such a beautiful thing that we all connect, and we should all help each other.

What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you're never discouraged.

No medicine cures what happiness cannot.

When you show compassion instead of being judgemental. You will not undergo your own judgement, but you will receive your own love

Fascism was little more than terrorist rule by corrupt gangsters. Mussolini was not corrupt himself but he did nothing except to rage impotently.

It is our American habit if we find the foundations of our educational structure unsatisfactory to add another story or wing.

It's been years since I've had a real input in the game anyway. For this game, I've just tried to keep all the other stuff away from the players and coaches.

You must understand the troubles of that man farthest down before you can help him.

Growing up in an Italian family, you use a harsh tone and 10 minutes later everybody forgets about it.

What is art but the denial of life?

My philosophy has always been that benefits should percolate up rather than trickle down.

Society is composed of two great classes, those that have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.