I just never really gave myself any credit. And because of that, nobody else did either. You mirror what the world mirrors to you.

Women should never go without earrings. Passing on them is an opportunity missed.

My own style influences have to do with where I grew up, in the Bronx, and I still like to wear bangles and big hoops!

It's a shame to call somebody a 'diva' simply because they work harder than everybody else.

Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit.

I could serve coffee using my rear as a ledge.

You have to remember the value of your individuality - that you have something special and different to offer that nobody else can.

Don't push your weaknesses, play with your strengths

I have the stardom glow.

I'm a hopeless romantic and passionate person when it comes to love.

I swear to God, I don't remember anything Gwyneth Paltrow was in. Some people get hot by association. I heard more about her and Brad Pitt and I ever heard about her work.

Literature is my life of course, but from an ontological point of view. From an existential point of view, I like being a teacher.

I will continue to believe that Israel's security is paramount.

Fright never injures anyone. What injures the spirit is having someone always on your back, beating you, telling you what to do and what not to do

One must strike the right balance between speed and quality.

If you are serious about becoming like Christ, He is going to put you in circumstances where your only true choice is to become like Him.

Russian fighters are always bouncing around and using a lot of effort with the punches they throw and grinding for takedowns. Anyone would get tired with that style.

I didn't really even think of recording under my own name for a long time. I thought, 'I've got the rest of my life to do that.'

I think that you really don't have a choice, when you see that things are wrong the only choice you really have is to just do what you can to make it better.

Part of the challenge with leadership is that it's very driven by gut instinct in most cases - and even worse, everyone thinks they're really good at it. The reality is that very few people are.

One of the cardinal principles of Buddhism, the principle of neglect.