if we cultivate compassion for those who have hurt us, we have the possibility of overcoming our anger,pain, and fear. compassion is a great medicine.

I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile.

Ditzy dumb blonde? I can be ditzy. I can be.

You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.

There are three words I like to repeat to myself: glass half full. Just to remind myself to be grateful for everything I have.

We have to embrace obstacles to reach the next stage of joy

We need to have empathy. When we lose empathy, we lose our humanity.

At 11 years old I made a very definitive decision. And my decision was that I wanted to be happy.

The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are.

The biggest lesson we have to give our children is truth.

Why not just live in the moment, especially if it has a good beat?

Only in the world of mathematics do two negatives multiply into a positive.

A writer who intermingles his own opinions with that of his characters is less consequent than a fascistic communist.

Julia Roberts taught me how to knit on the set of 'Mona Lisa Smile.'

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.

I was on Ghetto Idol. We didn't have any of the stuff they have now.

I don't really have an issue with showing certain parts of my body. I'd rather not, but it's not a big deal. Growing up in Sweden, it's natural over there.

Americans like to make money, Canadians like to count it.

Today's accomplishments were yesterday's impossibilities.

I am placed in situations with opportunities in those situations that others are not. I don't believe that that is happenstance. I believe that there is a God that has a plan for me.

Nature and wisdom are not, but should be, companions.