My grandmother was always upbeat, a naturally happy person. I think I got that from her.

My grandma always said bad things don't last forever.

I did some things I regret, and I know there are people who think they know me. I've heard the things they say, and some of them are hurtful.

We're all products of our environment. The key is not to fall.

You've got to play with pride and guts.

Either you can do it or you can't. I think I can overcome anything I put my mind to.

If I put my mind to something and really want it, I'll go after it and get it.

I've always felt that I'm a natural leader.

I've always been taught to care what other people think. My grandmother and mother taught me to project a positive image of myself.

In New York, the dunk is not the thing. To break somebody down and shoot a J-that's as big as a dunk in New York.

Perception rules the world. Everyone knows that. Where we live and where we're from, you just can't escape it.

But he knew she was a star, and he, only human. He was never meant to reach the stars - he could only admire them from afar.

God resides most strongly and evidently where science has not yet progressed to go... And if this is true then it follows that God resides everywhere and in everything.

Whatever we had is over. It died the minute I walked downstairs and realized the world I'd always known was a lie.- Blaire Wynn

It's an imperfect world, so you fit in perfectly.

Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.

The writer in movies is about as low as you can get and you really are a hired hand. You are paid a lot of money to be treated like dirt.

As it was, I couldn't escape the feeling that I was out of my element. I found myself thinking of a book I'd left half-read at home and wishing I'd stuck it in my purse so I could pull it out now.

Kate had never in her life seen such frightful deformities, and the goblins had never seen such a hideous dress.

There's nothing worse than when someone takes a community education course and becomes an expert on how yoga is the best way to burn the visceral fat that's housed deep in your abdomen.

We must muster the courage, we must find the will, we must do what is necessary to build a truly transformative movement that will end the history and cycle of caste in America.