Every accepted public quote

“There's a mental health problem in the sense that people are so afraid of the stigma that they don't get help. But there's absolutely a gun control problem in the country.”

“Many of my favorite survivors in fiction show that it may not be the most muscled, macho or mighty people who pull through. A strong mind and body aren't always enough. You might also need a...”

“The nice thing about my job is that it allows me to look deeper into issues and then tell stories with that information.”

“O dear Himalaya...why are you so amazing, can I kiss your peak or can I just let your silence speak...O dear Himalaya...”

“I felt like a dork growing up so this is shocking.”

“I just filmed a movie with my boyfriend, an indie film called 'Conception.' And it's kind of like an R-rated version of 'Valentine's Day.' So it's like all about eight couples, and me and my...”

“Don't marry a rich man. Marry a good man. He will spend his life trying to keep you happy. No rich man can buy that!”

“I think it starts to feel really redundant when you start to do something the same way over and over again. I don't think it's good to become so dependent on a certain writing process.”

“With those attacks, the terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States. And war is what they got.”

“I use the same products on my body as I use on my face. I don't think there's really any difference between the two, so the more moisturizers and serums you use, the better off you are.”

“Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them.”

“Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.”

“I'm a capitalist by conviction and profession. I believe the best economic system is one that rewards entrepreneurship and risk-taking, maximizes customer choice, uses markets to allocate sc...”

“You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.”

“Once you're in the military, she means a lot more to you than just a grandmother. She is the queen. And then you suddenly, it's like start realizing, you know, wow, this is quite a big deal....”

“There are different kinds of R&B happening today. There's the traditional, more soulful R&B that doesn't get the recognition that it deserves. Then there's the more hip-hop oriented stuff. Y...”

“More people die on a yearly basis crossing the Florida Straits than ever died trying to cross the Berlin Wall.”

“You can't compete globally unless you have appropriate communication skills.”

“He promised her that he would give her everything, everything she wanted, as men in love always do. And she trusted him despite herself, as women in love always do.”

“I love the scent of jasmine, honeysuckle, and orange blossom. They remind me of gardens and visits to the ocean I would make as a boy.”

“Mismatches destroy us all, even the most tender ones, and most never have the courage to break someone else's heart to follow their own.”

“Would he find her? Without question. Would he save her? Always.”

“The introduction of political pluralism often quickly led to bad results.”

“An unfortunate reality is that most people are unhappy most of the time. Unhappiness is so widely pervasive in the modern world that if you tell someone that you are happy, people are unlike...”

“I've actually got a Motley Crue channel on Pandora.”

“I want the violence among young people in this country to stop - particularly gang violence.”

“I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up. Acting was right next to it, so I signed up for acting instead.”

“Being in New York has definitely intensified my desire to be different and individual.”

“You have an absolute freedom in Mexican writing today in which you don't necessarily have to deal with the Mexican identity. You know why? Because we have an identity... We know who we are....”

“Make the most of the best and the least of the worst.”

“Rather than numbing or drowning out the difficult-to-describe but urgently sensed feelings that are part of being human, poetry invites us to tease them out, to draw them into language that...”

“I remember the first time I had sex - I kept the receipt.”

“There's something really freeing about playing a character that isn't even, like, remotely likeable whatsoever.”

“Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.”

“There is dissatisfaction among a great many Christian people. They are not happy with what they have and, therefore, respond readily to the message of the restored gospel.”

“She's always loved writers, even more than the books I think. They're like personal friends to her.”

“She's a spiritual traphouse.”

“One returns to the place one came from.”

“When you're a little kid, you don't see color, and the fact that my friends were black never crossed my mind. It never became an issue until I was a teenager and started trying to rap.”

“I had gross morning sickness til about 15 weeks and then gestational diabetes, and most annoyingly, from about week 20, I had pelvis issues, which saw me on crutches for the last five weeks...”

“I love Italian food but that's too generic a term for what's available now: you have to narrow it down to Tuscan, Sicilian, and so on.”

“I'm an entertainer. Not a journalist or spokesman for anybody. Truth is, a lot of my listeners absolutely hate what I have to say.”

“[A]ny species that exempts itself from the rules of competition ends up destroying the community in order to support its own expansion.”

“Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.”

“Coconut is one of those love-hate ingredients.”

“Make your success a habit not just an act of whim.”

“One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears.”

“When I started knocking on Highland doors in May 1983, two things struck me more than any other. First was the sheer depth of hostility towards the Tories in general. Second was the particul...”