Giving triggers social cohesion. It's also the basis for an economy not based on money.

I was of the type who gets bullied rather than the one who does the bullying, which I'm glad about. I'd rather be that than a bully.

It's hard to appreciate the importance of the rainforest because it seems so far away, but it's vital to the survival of the planet as we know it.

I would like better colouration of my legs, like a little less of that English mottled purple thing that makes it necessary to wear tights all the time.

Don't overpluck your eyebrows. A make-up artist told me this once, and I've always remembered it.

I don't believe there's an afterlife - but I don't believe there's an end to life. Consciousness goes beyond the bounds of your body.

Talent is crucial. It needs to be driven by motivation, but blind ambition isn't the key.

I kind of see clothes a bit like role-playing, depending what mood I'm in.

There's an inherent contradiction between appreciating the beauty of clothes and creativity and individuality, and the waste around the ideas of trends and seasons.

It doesn't make me very happy to be on my computer all the time. I've never been drawn to that world.

People do make assumptions about models. That's their issue, not mine. It doesn't bother me because I'm comfortable enough in my own skin - I know who I am.

-a superb moon, round as a pumpkin and golden as honey, filling the rooftop world with light, and deep, mysterious shadow.

I work virtually every waking hour.

With the Internet, bands can come and go every five minutes and the music looks disposable.

Doubt is not the enemy of justice; overconfidence is.

If someone said, I want to translate your novel into Igbo, I would say, Go ahead. But when I write in the Igbo language, I write my own dialect. I write some poetry in that dialect.

It is always a risk to speak to the press: they are likely to report what you say.

Our own body is in the world as the heart is in the organism: it keeps the visible spectacle constantly alive, it breathes life into it and sustains it inwardly, and with it forms a system.

The saxophone is actually a translation of the human voice, in my conception. All you can do is play melody. No matter how complicated it gets, it's still a melody.

It's impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.

Ask yourself: would you be comfortable printing everything your employees, customers & partners have to say about your culture?