For years I had my hair parted down the middle in a ponytail, tucked down around the sides Well, I went and cut the bangs, and I've been wearing them ever since. They say it's my trademark.

I was never the girl next door.

I wasn't trying to be anything. I was just myself.

I never kept up with the fashions. I believed in wearing what I thought looked good on me.

Young women say I helped them come out of their shells.

It makes me feel wonderful that people still care for me... that I have so many fans among young people, who write to me and tell me I have been an inspiration.

My favorite actress of all times is Bette Davis in Dark Victory. I have seen it six or seven times, and I still cry.

The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser―in case you thought optimism was dead.

What is important is that we actively express our thoughts and wishes, in every realm that we can access.

And now such a warm commotion, such busy love.

The rose does not bloom without thorns. True, but would that the thorns did not outlive the rose.

I think the main thing, don't you, is to keep the show on the road.

Never underestimate the capacity of noble young men to do incredibly foolish things for perfectly good reasons.

Inspiration is an excuse for doing something you already want to do.

What is Parliament for if it is not to be a means to make ministers accountable for the services for which they are responsible.

I'm always embarrassed when people say that I'm courageous. Soldiers are courageous. Policemen are courageous. Firemen are courageous. I just have a thick hide and disregard what silly people say.

We believe deep down that we've lost something precious and are seeking it outside ourselves, never realizing that we are carrying it within us wherever we go.