And Quotes

It's hard to have a film and television career and do music work at the same time.

My father could swear in Gaelic and English, by the way, ladies and gentlemen.

One of the wonderful aspects of the human imagination is its power to break through the barriers of time and space. It can see things not as they are but as the can be.

Food is fabulous, and having a good relationship with it will make you healthy and happy.

We show our support and love the troops, whatever our opinion.

I could hear your heart and soul come through your voice!

The government could take away all the drugs in the world and people would spin around on their lawns until they fell down and saw God.

The educated horse is a thinking horse, and it seems that he understands every now and then something happens that he must chalk up as a mistake and be done with it.

The worldview of the Left is a battle between rich and poor

I have known Tavis Smiley since the 1980s, when we both worked at the same radio station in Los Angeles. He is smart, and he is a gentleman who has accorded me great respect both on and off the air.

What is great about art and artists is that we get to ask the questions, even though we may never know the answers.

I think the sort of person you want at a party is someone who is self-aware, polite and has a basic knowledge of table manners. And that goes for both men and women.

I miss basketball every now and then.

A bit ridiculous, but true. The moral of this story is to separate men and women when analyzing number of sexual organs.

The suns going down and we cant afford to come back to it tomorrow.

Easter says to us that despite everything to the contrary, his will for us will prevail, love will prevail over hate, justice over injustice and oppression, peace over exploitation and bitterness.

Making the truth public is a form of justice. This is a moral universe and you've got to take account of the fact that truth and lies and goodness and evil are things that matter.

Freedom and liberty lose out by default because good people are not vigilant.

Serve others. The failing recipe for happiness and success is to want the good of others.

God would come down and lead us out of bondage. And God led us out of bondage.

We are fundamentally good, and evil is an aberration.

The dark side is when you are with family and friends, and you have paparazzi screaming at you - that's been hard to deal with.

I have lots of brothers and sisters, two of whom are younger than myself, so I rely on my phone, text messaging or e-mailing to stay in the loop and communicate when I'm away for big chunks of time.

Animals are our inferior brothers and sisters. They are not meant to be eaten, but must be treated with love.

Keep up with social media. Twitter and Facebook are both great ways to get your music out, especially internationally.

People assume that science is a very cold sort of profession, whereas writing novels is a warm and fuzzy intuitive thing. But in fact, they are not at all different.

I don't plot the books out ahead of time, I don't plan them. I don't begin at the beginning and end at the end. I don't work with an outline and I don't work in a straight line.

My favourite setting are England, because I was born here and love it, and Spain, because it's fabulous and so romantic.

When I tell people I'm going to the Olympics, they're like: 'What do you do, track and field? Pole vault? Are you a volleyball player?' No one ever guesses tae kwon do.

We all deserve to live in a world where our rights aren't violated at the whim of our leaders. It doesn't matter if our leaders are kings and queens, or the people who claim to save us from them.

A funny person is funny only for so long, but a wit can sit down and go on being spellbinding forever.

There are so many highs and lows for an athlete. But the highs outweigh the lows.

It's fun being one of the boys. It's fun to have a character that's rough and gets down and dirty and not to be this precious girl who just sits in the corner and just sort of stands by the action.

I am a fast dresser, 30 minutes max with hair and makeup. I don't have a uniform, but I like to be comfortable.

I am almost a vegetarian, and I meditate, do yoga and love to hike.

If you pay attention, everyone is a novel. The most boring person, if you sit down and really listen, is someone interesting.

I love my own coincidences and love to hear other peoples' stories.

I would be inclined to say 'if you are not willing to cooperate and follow the rules of your international federation you are not the right track and field association to be part of the USOC.

Sing like nobody can hear you, dance like nobody can see you, and love like you've never been hurt.

The Gospel of transformation is from men and women of earth to men and women of eternities.

A perfect marriage is as rare as a perfect love. Could it be otherwise, when both men and women are so imperfect? Could aught else be expected? Yet all do expect it.

I look down and see little kids in the audience and I'm like, "Oh man, I hope I'm not poisoning these kids!"

I would rather have 10 people working on a record that are really committed and believe in it and love it, than 50 people who have no idea who I am or what I'm for.

I've always been compared to people. It's a revolving cast that comes and goes - obviously, sometimes people stay.

I love music and love a good audience and still have to make a living. Why would I quit?

Speaking of the devil, well here he comes now. Got my defenses down. And I'd go through hell to make him mine.

We're supposed to be less judgmental and accept and be kind and love one another.

All of my brothers and sisters are very talented. They all sang all right.

My husband and I had to raise five of my younger brothers and sisters. They lived with us. We sent them to school.

Sometimes I start with a great title or idea, sometimes a great melody will run through my mind; but the higher percentage of the time, the words and music pretty much come at the same time.