My agent, Didier Fernandez - who's been my agent since I was 18 - has definitely been a mentor and a protector and a trusted friend.

If you can be funny, it means you're intelligent. Your brain is working fast.

We are what we see. We are products of our surroundings.

Sometimes it feels like it hurts when you make a big purchase, so I really believe that the more expensive things should be gems that you keep in your closet, not trends.

Modeling isn't boring.

Women can be strong, be smart, be sexy, be mothers, be wives, and be powerful. We don't need to compromise.

It is in the mind and the heart where we meet. It's not the body-the body will change.

I realized that being present for loved ones who are dying or aging is one of the greatest honors and gifts in my life. We are quite small in the big scheme of things.

Art is for entertainment purposes, but it's also to reflect our dreams, our hopes, the present, the future the past - whether it's good or bad.

Ever since the Greeks, we have been drunk with language! We have made a cage with words and shoved our God inside!

More than anything, it's my son's smile and love that makes me light up!

Seek God every day.

Our heart is the key to liberating a generation that has been bred to hate.

Hard work is the engine that produces success. Hard work is success in realization.

I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense... I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash.

Its cool when people notice that you make an effort to live certain values.

Your resolve is unquestionable. Your character undeniable. Your history unparalleled. You've inspired us, all the way. You will again today.

Your ability to still your mind through the process of meditation and inner reflection and outer change brings a stillness to the mind all the time, even in the midst of the busiest activities.

Stop wishing for things you complain you have not, and start making the best of all that you've got.

See that your children be taught, not only the labors of the earth, but the loveliness of it.

I was asked to come to Chicago because Chicago is one of our 52 states.