Anybody under the age of forty knows hip-hop, gospel and R&ampB pretty well, and it's all a part of what we consider to be 'black music.' There is a natural synergy between the three.

You must make your own opportunities.

John B. Gough

My life came to a standstill. I could breathe, eat, drink and sleep, and I could not help doing these things; but there was no life, for there were no wishes the fulfilment of which I could consider reasonable. If I desired anything, I knew in advance that whether I satisfied my desire or not, nothing would come of it. Had a fairy come and offered to fulfil my desires I should not have known what to ask. If in moments of intoxication I felt something which, though not a wish, was a habit left by former wishes, in sober moments I knew this to be a delusion and that there was really nothing to wish for. I could not even wish to know the truth, for I guess of what it consisted. The truth was that life is meaningless.

Leo Tolstoy

Marriage brings up all the things I pushed to the back burner - the fears, the mistrust, the doubts, the insecurities. It's like opening Pandora's box.

Jennifer Aniston

He smiled his shy smile at her as he went into the yard. Anne took the memory of it with her when she went to her room that night and sat for a long while at her open window, thinking of the past and dreaming of the future. Outside the Snow Queen was mistily white in the moonshine; the frogs were singing in the marsh beyond Orchard Slope. Anne always remembered the silvery, peaceful beauty and fragrant calm of that night. It was the last night before sorrow touched her life; and no life is ever quite the same again when once that cold, sanctifying touch has been laid upon it.

L.M. Montgomery

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.

Thomas Jefferson

I think somehow we learn who we really are and then we live with that decision.

Eleanor Roosevelt

The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.

Leonardo da Vinci

I may not always be with you But when we're far apartRemember you will be with meRight inside my heart

Marc Wambolt

You have to first be a writer and somebody who loves to write. If I couldn't travel, I would still write.

Tim Cahill

Growing up, my ideals were Barbra Streisand, Cher, and my mom.

Kevyn Aucoin

We wrapped our dreams in words and patterned the words so that they would live forever, unforgettable.

Neil Gaiman

One of the things I've started doing lately is tracking my dreams. I feel like there's a lot of information there and you can really bring those emotions to the situations that may feel mundane or familiar. That gives them new life and gives you a new relationship with it - if that makes any sort of sense.

Jennifer Carpenter