A.L.O.E., Claudia Quotes

To free yourself from the past you must break the rules of silence and compliance.

Sisterhood is magical and medicinal - use it as a lifelong resource.

I'm more embarrassed about some of the films that I've been in than I am about Playboy. Playboy I'm actually quite proud of.

I'm gonna be a character in a Happy Meal.

You can't look in the face of adoration and be cruel.

It's great when you find somebody you're compatible with, but I'm really into separate bedrooms. You live your life and I live mine.

If you admit to being racist, it says you acknowledge that you are being driven by projections and stereotypes that were formed in the creation of our country. Racism is deeply rooted in America.

Filmmaking is challenging for men and women. In both cases, it is incredibly difficult. And gender is neither a guarantee of greater sensitivity, capacity for empathy or aperture.

If your grandparents are Mexican, you can relate through the roots of the show [Top Chef], through the food, through the traditions and find yourself and get to know yourself too.

It is not possible to be honest in the here and now when you continue to discount and minimize your childhood experiences.

We're one race. No matter our religion, beliefs, mother tongue, or skin color.

People told me, when I was coming through the ranks, that a mark of a great actor is one who deals with the period of unemployment as well as they deal with the period of employment

Sci-fi nerds are respectful, honorable. You can trust them.

I've auctioned off many scripts and will continue to do so for good causes.

The busier you are, the more interesting you are. The more you're off doing your thing and loving your job and your life, that's fascinating.

If I didn't have to do it, I wouldn't have done it. If I had a million bucks in the bank, I wouldn't have done Playboy.

Directors never give you anything.

People get stupid when they're in love; people want what they can't have; and the years between ages twelve and eighteen always, always suck.

forget normal, we're going to be extraordinary" -Lucas :)

If anything is going to halt necessary investments in next generation networks it will be Congress dictating business models to companies.

I want to give people easy things to wear.

My friends often tell me how very German I still am.

The smell of roasting meat together with that of burning fruit wood and dried herbs, as voluptuous as incense in a church, is enough to turn anyone into a budding gastronome

Quentin Tarantino asked me to work with him but there is no way I am going to do that while Matthew Vaughn is working in film.

For me, football always meant that we came together as a family and, in the summer we played football outside.

Ive learned a tremendous amount over the years by watching designers work. I now have a good understanding of what sits well on the body, not to mention the importance of a great cut and quality.

Nobody has time to keep trying on a load of things in the morning like a teenager.

Everything tastes better outdoors.

I love movies, I've always been interested in them, but I wanted to wait for the right time to start acting.

I hear your insults and plan to silence them with my victory.

I set for myself only small goals, goals that are not that far away.

I will continue modeling until they don't want me anymore basically because I do love it very much.

Everyone has at least one story that will stop your heart.

Tinted Distances is the achievement of a wise and discerning poet.

Every form of art is another way of seeing the world. Another perspective, another window. And science - that's the most spectacular window of all. You can see the entire universe from there.

Where is the safest place when that place / must be someplace other than in the body?

I am invested in keeping present the forgotten bodies.

I know one day I'll be considered too old.

I am calm most of the time.

America without her Soldiers would be like God without His angels.

There is a universal urge to rethink our spirituality in order to give us a new sense of security.

Leave every environment you go into better than you found it.

Build other females up and only compete with yourself.

Berlin is like being abroad in Germany. It's German, but not provincial.

I've met women who have way better bodies in their 40s because they've been working on them for all these years.

I eat lots of fruit for breakfast because it's cleansing and quickly digested by the body.

I'm a lot more self-confident than I used to be. To some extent I owe that to my children and my husband.

The Army damages itself when it doesn't live up to its own values.

Only place yourself around people who love your strengths and are also safe to be vulnerable around - you'll need both power and vulnerability in womanhood.

Never trash-talk yourself or others. Stay curious. Speak your truth.