The only thing that can free you is the belief that you can be free.

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

‎The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.

Money is worth nothing if it can't buy you the opportunity to love more.

I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

Let excellence be your brand... When you are excellent, you become unforgettable. Doing the right thing, even when nobody knows you're doing the right thing will always bring the right thing to you.

You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.

To see things as they really were--what an empoverishment!

Also, serial killers, child killers, they’re hot, they’re the new cool kids, the new vampires, the new zombies, everybody’s favourite spook monster.

I'm drawn to the 1950s for lots of reasons - everything from the fashion to the increasing sense of freedom and modernity that builds throughout the decade.

God keeps the wicked to give them time to repent.

It's nice to be able to backtrack and not be embarrassed by the music you used to listen to.

China spends a lot of resources and effort on gaining soft power over culture. The hope is that it can be the last lifeline for the Party's survival. Obviously, the idea will fail.

Education is not the taming or domestication of the soul's raw passions - not suppressing them or excising them, which would deprive the soul of its energy - but forming and informing them as art.

Turkey has a very young, dynamic, curious population. In Europe, Facebook and Twitter are mostly about sharing daily experiences while for Turkish people, social networks are political platforms.

The condition of being an actress can be unbearable.

People who are busy and happy don't write diaries; they are too busy living.