I have no choice but to defend the most vulnerable among us.

Beauty comes in all ages, colors, shapes, and forms. God never makes junk.

Beauty comes from the inside.

My family gave me values that have sustained me through situations that would challenge any person. My personal relationship with the Lord inspires me in all I do.

I've learned so many things and a lot of things I've learned the hard way. I look at failure as education in that respect I'm very well educated.

Rejection is a gift and failure is the best educator, so when someone knocks you down, get back up!

I work with wonderful people who support me. And, my beliefs are that the business needs to serve the family rather than the family serve the business.

Don't just work for the money; that will bring only limited satisfaction

Because modeling is lucrative, I'm able to save up and be more particular about the acting roles I take.

I have to say I've made many mistakes, and been humbled many, many times. But you know what? It's never too late to learn.

If you're not being rejected regularly - maybe you're not trying hard enough.

Growing up, I never felt deprived. I was always happy. It seems only lately I've started seeing everything I didn't have.

Ghosts are those memories that are too strong to be forgotten for good, echoing across the years and refusing to be obliterated by time.

It is curious how tyrannical the habit of reading is...

I know it's dangerous to take on bloggers. They can go after you every day, all day long, and anonymous people can chime in, too.

Everywhere immigrants have enriched and strengthened the fabric of American life.

A pure heart won't get us out of conflict and controversy. It may well be the very thing that gets us into it.

It must be wonderful sport to contradict each other.

I dislike those people that see an opera and say "Oh, they can't act it. They just sing. It's boring." Lean back and just listen to the voices.

And in that one grey hair I saw my whole life and I said "I think I need a hair.

If the Bible is a creation myth, it is an amorphous confusing one