I am blessed to have married the man that God sent me. He's loving, compassionate, strong and supportive of my children, family and career. I look forward to our lives together.

I feel fine and comfortable with myself, but not because I'm beautiful.

At one point, I actually, ironically, thought I might go into criminology and work with the FBI.

Race, to me, is a very blurry thing.

I don't feel the need to prove myself to others, but to prove myself to myself

Do not hate the people who are jealous because they recognize that you are the best.

Life is not worth living if I cannot have pasta or bread again.

I know many beautiful people and their lives are just so terrible. They feel so uncomfortable with themselves. Being comfortable is not about what you look like, but how you feel.

Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety-valve device for dealing with happiness overflow.

Beauty becomes alive and interesting when it’s habited.

Nothing is far from God.

MIND & GRINDSelf-belief and hard work can propel you past more talented peers

Oh.” It was one those ohs that came packed with layers of meaning — none of which merely meant oh.

I don't see you making a movie about Bob Arum.

A mother is as different from anything else that God ever thought of, as can possibly be. She is a distinct and individual creation.

Be who you are. If you're comfortable leading, you're comfortable. And if you're not, it's OK.

Charter schools are just public schools on a slightly longer leash. A dog on a long leash is still a dog on a leash.

That's not easy to find in a corporate world, somebody who cares about music.

But I feel that you, in particular, are a person who cannot live without love." "Yet I am living without love." "Then you are either living a lie or not living at all.

What you want, my lad, and what you're going to get are two very different things.

If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred.