Brazil is where I belong, the place that feels like home. They love their family, their country and God, and are not afraid to let anybody know it.

Crying is cleansing. There's a reason for tears, happiness or sadness.

My self-imposed mandate is to be the voice for the voiceless.

Years ago I learned to be totally responsible for Dionne Warwick. I will not wait for opportunities. I will create them.

A bad relationship can do that, can make you doubt everything good you ever felt about yourself.

Man will never understand woman and vice versa. We are oil and water. An equal level can never be maintained, as one will always excel where the other doesn't, and that breeds resentment.

It is frustrating to be a Black woman in the entertainment industry.

Linda Georgian is a wonderful psychic. She can do amazing things.

I don't think there's anything I can't do. I have no regrets.

I treat others exactly the way I want to be treated.

I'd like to see a world free of strife, stress, pain, hunger, war - a cool place where everyone could live.

Scars are just another kind of memory.

You must know what to do with your time if you must become great in this life. You must know what to do with your time if you must fulfill your purpose on the earth.

Writing something new is an effective way to get rid of writer's block. Or you can observe the people around you and fantasize like I do.

Tonight I crash an airship. On purpose.

If I'm laughing, you know I'm either very happy or very sad. I cope with things with jokes.

We consider that the lives of all beings are just as precious as our own, and through this we develop a sense of concern for others.

My father lived to be 97 and played bridge every day up to the end, so I've got a 50 percent chance of living a long life like him.

I listen only to Bach, Beethoven or Mozart. Life is too short to waste on other composers.

In memory's telephoto lens, far objects are magnified.

When I was happy I thought I knew men, but it was fated that I should know them in misfortune only.