You end up becoming who you are by jumping into that circle of fear - that's how it's done.

I will never forget my humble beginnings as a Laker Girl. It was probably one of the most fun jobs I ever had.

Keep the faith, don't lose your perseverance and always trust your gut extinct.

Break the rules, stand apart, ignore your head, and follow your heart.

Can you imagine Simon as a kid? His imaginary friends probably never wanted to play with him.

When people expect me to go right, I'll go left. I'm unpredictable.

All my life I have been taught to take the high road and never to dignify salacious or false accusations and I have been taught never, never to lie.

All you can do is the best you can do.

I think a duet with Janet is a great idea.

Find fitness with fun dancing. It is fun and makes you forget about the dreaded exercise.

Your talent is your art. It is not to be taken for granted.

You are a little soul carrying about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.

What business does memory have with time?

Not a word had dropped from my lips, or from hers, that could unsettle either of us—and yet the same unacknowledged sense of embarrassment made us shrink alike from meeting one another alone

if you are going to be pushed you had better jump

If I have any choice I would prefer Western Troops.

We will also be funding projects that empower women and children in Afghanistan and now and then give scholarships to Afghan students here in the Bay Area.

Life set itself to new processions of seed-time and harvest, the skin newly turned to seasonal variations, the very blood humming to new altitudes.

I love this country because I didn't always have it. Freedom, food, water that is clean, Constitution - these are not things I take for granted.

I am always reading, always, and tons of things at once. I wouldn't say I'm a voracious reader, though. I never finish books that fast, because I'm always reading so many things at once.