I was too shy to be around real people. It wasn't like old ladies talking to plants.

To give someone a piece of your heart, is worth more than all the wealth in the world.

Don't be afraid to be different.

If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself, and make a change.

Never rush an emotion; everything in life has a rhythm, it is the pauses and silences that speak the truth.

Heal the World, make it a better place, for you and for me and the entire human race, there are people dying, if you care enough for the living, make a better place for you and for me.

No one should judge what I've done with my life, not unless they've been in my shoes every horrible day and every sleepless night.

The deeper I go into myself, the stronger I become, because I realize that my real self is much bigger than any fear.

I don't care if the whole world is against you or teasing you or saying you are not gonna make it. Believe in yourself, no matter what.

Magic is easy if you put your heart into it.

Music is the soundtrack to life. It plays the melody of our being.

A life filled with challenge will never be boring.

The spirit of the tea beverage is one of peace, comfort, and refinement.

What does Burma have to give the United States? We can give you the opportunity to engage with people who are ready and willing to change a society.

No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies.

The object of the novelist is to keep the reader entirely oblivious of the fact that the author exists - even of the fact he is reading a book.

Upgrade your addictions to the status of preferences. Here's the distinction between an addiction and a preference.

I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.

Bebop didn't have the humanity of Duke Ellington. It didn't even have that recognizable thing. Bird and Diz were great, fantastic, challenging — but they weren't sweet.

The GOP of old has grown old and moss covered.

Pity is akin to love.