The best way to fight poverty is to empower people through access to quality education

I think writers are prone to hyperbole sometimes.

You learn so much from taking chances, whether they work out or not. Either way, you can grow from the experience and become stronger and smarter.

I was a busy kid in high school - a little bit of an overachiever, I guess. Prom king was kind of silly, but the rest of the stuff was important to me.

Soul is about authenticity. Soul is about finding the things in your life that are real and pure.

We all must follow a different path to let our light shine, and that's what makes us so unpredictable and unique.

I keep learning, listening, growing and experimenting.

When we see people that are impoverished and people who are dealt an unfair hand, then if we have the power to help them, we should try to do that.

Love your curves and all your edges All your perfect imperfections

The future started yesterday, and we're already late.

We're just ordinary people. We don't know which way to go.

Your smile is a messenger of your good will.

How could it be possible that there were that many nerve endings all in one place?

Do you not believe that animals know grief and fear and pain? The world of men is not an easy one for them.

The kinds of people we meet in our life have a huge impact on the kind of person we become.

If you see yourself as prosperous you will be. If you see yourself as continually hard up that is exactly what you will be.

I only do what I like to do.

The best real-estate investments with the highest yields are in working-class neighborhoods, because fancy properties are overpriced.

I came out of independent film, that's my roots.

Certain things should be yours to have when you work your way to the top.

When small drops began to fall and darken the world in penny-shaped circles, no one around him scurried for cover. For lonely people, rain is a chance to be touched.