Everybody should have his personal sounds to listen for - sounds that will make him exhilarated and alive or quiet and calm.

One of the greatest sounds of them all-and to me it is a sound-is utter, complete silence.

We listen too much to the telephone and too little to nature. The wind is one of my sounds. A lonely sound, perhaps, but soothing.

The conductor has the advantage of not seeing the audience.

All books are either dreams or swords, You can cut, or you can drug, with words.

Over the last few years, my comfort level with how I look has improved. My age has helped. You get used to yourself and accept yourself.

Your mind, your motion and your expression is an animation to marvel and to praise.

Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.

Note 4. For these and other reasons the cat is also very hard to photograph. The best photographs are instantaneous, as the mere breathing of a cat will blur the fur in a time exposure.

I had dreams, but always told myself, 'Nah, that would never happen.' For a poor Latina, (acting) wasn't a reality.

I spent a lot of time teaching myself theory and harmony so I could be free to express myself on the instrument.

In his speech last night, John Kerry said this was the beginning of the end of the Bush administration. I agree. Sure, it may take another five years, but this is it.

I feel I've made the transition from model to actress, but I'm not that secure about it. Lauren Hutton, Jennifer O'Neill - we all know that a few films don't mean all that much.

Every cleric must obey the Pope, even if he commands what is evil; for no one may judge the Pope.