For me, it's good fortune to be between two cultures. Growing up in Germany taught me a lot. I am a world citizen. Today I can adapt well no matter where I am. Even when it's not always easy.

No matter who you are or where you're from somewhere down the road you're gonna need someone.

In the light of one choice, we will sing with one voice.

Love is the sweetest pain inside.

With every word unspoken each moment comes undone.

My friends sometimes call me "Alamanci" (Turkish for German) But it actually doesn't matter to me. I would more likely consider myself a Turkish person who grew up in Germany.

Moving to Turkey was the turning point in my life.

When your heart's not open you can't see what you've got.

Everyone needs a touch.

It's the kisses that are universal.

Sorry can be the hardest word when you know you're wrong.

You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.

I did not know that children think the hard questions they ask are easy and thus expect easy answers to them, and that they are disappointed when they get cautious, complex answers.

Its really hard to go out knowing that you are going to be the center of attention just about anywhere you go and that its not going to be in a positive way.

We're going to protect Christianity. We don't have to be politically correct about it.

At least 3,527 U.S. monthly records for heat, rain, and snow were broken in 2012. We can't let this continue unchecked, and we don't have to.

The essential element in nurturing our creativity lies in nurturing ourselves.

The hardest thing [for me] is to 'just' agree, and that is what sparks creativity, the feeling that something can be better, the feeling that something's missing, the feeling that something's needed.

Before I was the hunter. Now I'm the hunted.

America is a song that sounds the best when we all sing together - at least for a while.

I keep my phone number unlisted and rely on my associates to handle all voice mail, e-mail, faxes.