It was an instant weight lifted off my chest - both literally and figuratively.

My mother wanted to name me Jackie or Jacqueline but she got to name my sister and my brother, so my dad and my brother insisted on naming me. And they were big fans of 'The Little Mermaid.'

No matter what you look like or think you look like, you're special and loved and perfect just the way you are.

There's a confidence you find when you finally feel right in your body.

I'm pretty smart with boys. I know how to handle them and I know what to do around them.

All I've ever wanted is to be normal.

I have two lovely parents who support everything I do, two siblings, and three beautiful nieces. My house is always filled with laughter and fun!

Young women grow up in a really negative world today online and in person.

I've always done pretty well in auditions. I just go in and give it my best shot.

We as women need to empower each other.

I want to continue to speak out on issues that matter to me. I want to have even more of a voice.

Confident people generally handle people with respect, compassion and integrity.

Solitude appeared to me as the only fit state of man.

I came to Ottawa with the firm belief that the only people in this country who should have guns are police officers and soldiers.

The one profession where you can gain great eminence without ever being right.

We don't love others when we find them beautiful, we find others beautiful when we love them.

You are either losing your mind -- or gaining your soul.

Business associates? Ouch. That’s worse than friends

The more prohibitions there are, the poorer the people will be. The more laws are promulgated, the more thieves and bandits there will be.

Lovely morning! How lovely life can be!