I would say chemistry between two people is very powerful. You have to fight to keep it, but if you don't have it, you can't manufacture it.

I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic.

I think that anybody that smiles automatically looks better.

I love the rebelliousness of snail mail, and I love anything that can arrive with a postage stamp. There's something about that person's breath and hands on the letter.

You'll never have any mental muscle if you don't have any heavy stuff to pick up.

It's always refreshing to step into another time.

Blessings come in disguise. And challenges can be a blessing.

I think the secret to happiness is having a Teflon soul. Whatever comes your way, you either let it slide or you cook with it.

I've found there to be a tremendous amount of East Coast snobbery in the journalism world.

I want to sit down, and I want to laugh. Nothing works better for me than watching somebody slip on a banana peel.

My parents treated my like I had a brain - which, in turn, caused me to have one.

I did NOT have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.

The art stream is filled with snags and has no volume so it has no support. If you finally choose art, no amount of reason or common sense can discourage you. You must selfishly carry on.

The actor in me always wants to link himself to a leader who's inspired.

Angelic happiness is in service, from service, and according to service.

When I started working on women's history about thirty years ago, the field did not exist. People didn't think that women had a history worth knowing.

He gives twice who gives quickly. credited to Publius Syrus Mimus.

The only thing missing in any situation is that in which you are not giving

I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion--and where it isn't, that's where my work lies.

Nothing else is necessary but these - love, sincerity, and patience.

We speak the love language, they speak from pain and anguish. Some don't love theyselves, so they perception is tainted.