As an actor timing is important, especially as a mother with small children, so a lot is chance.

I find standing and posing for photos very awkward.

The thing you hate about yourself tends to be the thing that everyone likes about you.

Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.

I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It's important not to focus on yourself too much.

Forget the past. You can never predict what the future is going to be. Live for the moment.

Even as a child I had a strong relationship with yearning and desire. And loss. Those things spoke to me.

I believe the experiences of life are more important than any film you make.

I wear sunscreen, and I don't smoke. I take care of myself. And I'm very proud to say that.

Breathe and don't try to be perfect.

I'm always happy to play the bad girl. I just get to have fun, and it's obviously all done with a smile.

A man who don't know history, he don't know anything.

God wanted him to go to Him with his deepest needs, to stop looking elsewhere, so that he could be made whole again.

Competition is easier to accept if you realize it is not an act of oppression or abrasion. ... I've worked with my best friends in direct competition.

If jazz education in our colleges were free to all it would provide thousands of good jobs in the music industry which has been taken over by corrupt millionaires and billionaires.

We have no hope and yet we live in longing.

Il faut d'abord durer (First One Must Endure).

But teaching is like climbing a mountain.

I try to speak in everyday language. I feel like God has gifted me to take Bible principles and make them practical.

The infinity of this vacancy, the pervasive pain, the longing for some spirit, some lightness, some joy - that's all that is left.

Be careful, think about the effect of what you say. Your words should be constructive, bring people together, not pull them apart.