I always was drawn to the performing arts. I started dancing when I was two. I sang, loved to act, and loved going to visit my mom on-set. But she wanted me to have a normal childhood, so I wasn't really allowed to pursue acting till I got older.

When you have fear then the world is a big place. When you have courage then the world shrinks.

Stephen Richards

It is not our affluence, or our plumbing, or our clogged freeways that grip the imagination of others. Rather, it is the values upon which our system is built. These values imply our adherence not only to liberty and individual freedom, but also to international peace, law and order, and constructive social purpose. When we depart from these values, we do so at our peril.

J. William Fulbright

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

Jonathan Swift

If you cast your bread upon the water and you have faith, you'll get back cash. If you don't have faith, you'll get soggy bread.

Don King

Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it forgoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.

Edwin Hubbell Chapin

When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere.

Calvin Trillin

Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.

Langston Hughes

Ensuring Americans have access to adequate medical care should be a priority for all of us.

Dave Reichert

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.

Moliere

There is nothing as eloquent as a rattlesnakes tail.

American Indian Proverb, Navajo

We are Americans when we go to war, and when we return, we are Mexicans.

Dennis Chavez

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

Winston Churchill