To me, I always felt like I was carrying a torch for women of any size to be themselves - it doesn't matter whether you're a size 2 or a 22, just be who you are.

Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.

You have to stand for what you believe in and sometimes you have to stand alone.

Life is so much bigger, grander, higher, and wider than we allow ourselves to think.

I decided early on that I was going to put on my crown and rule my world by acting right and treating myself like a queen.

I don’t want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model.

My mom will make me walk the dogs or take out the trash when I go home.

Every woman is a queen, and we all have different things to offer.

No one ever got ahead by going through the motions. You have to constantly be improving yourself. Make your life the masterpiece you want it to be.

I really don't know how to be anyone else, and whenever I try to be anyone else, I fail miserably. Or I disappoint myself. It doesn't build my self-esteem, and it doesn't help me grow me at all.

When I was around 18, I looked in the mirror and said, 'You're either going to love yourself or hate yourself.' And I decided to love myself. That changed a lot of things.

If Petey were keeping one of her lists of the things she hated, she would have to add: the fact that there was no justice.

We are in a world where globalization, which is an ideology, has forgotten and put aside the people, the people's interests, aspirations, and dreams.

I think that I failed by not studying more, and praying more, and spending more time with my family.

In a great play or a great film, there's a rehearsal period and they find this character. On TV, everything moves fast.

I don't want to spend my life on an ice cube.

I didn't like the sound of people gasping at the mere mention of my name. It horrified me...

What is there that is illustrious that is not also attended by labor?

It is impossible to communicate with Schumann. The man is hopeless; he doesn't talk at all.

I am utterly bored by celebrity interviews. Most celebrities are devoid of interest.

I met BSB at a benefit gig we were both doing, and they are really humble, nice guys - and very hard working