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You can't try to be somebody you're not; that's not style. If someone says, 'Buy this - you'll be stylish,' you won't be stylish because you won't be you. You have to learn who you are first, and that's painful.

I was my mom's oldest child, so she was like, watching closely and taking notes, like, 'Okay, this is what she gravitates towards,' and she gave me all the tools to keep me focused. I liked to write; she got me notebooks. I wanted to draw; she got me sketch books and crayons and coloured pencils.

I grew up in an environment of jokes and sarcasm and puns. I talk that way, so I write that way.

Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster.

I've always written the storyboards for the music videos, and it's been hard working with directors trying to get them to understand what I'm thinking.

How I long to be the shore and feel your waves crash upon me over and over again.

I find older men more attractive than boys. I need a man who can teach me a thing or two.

No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in clothing style. Rock is to dress up to.

The biggest thing is winning. No matter what percentage, no matter what my numbers say in the sense of points, assists, rebounds and steals, it's always been about winning.

As a woman, to be competitive is to be passive.

When in a relationship, short or long term, one becomes so used to doing things, even mundane activities, with the other person. Then the relationship ends, and it's like trying to play the piano with an amputated finger. You can do it, but it doesn't feel right for quite a long time.

If we were to understand how important it is to say something and say it well, maybe we wouldn’t write a single word, but that would be tragic.

The problem with hope, Anne finds through the years, is that it gets your hopes up. But hopelessness is worse.

I would like to be No. 2 but never No. 1. When I was No. 1, all eyes were on me. No. 2 slips out the door quietly and makes another great record.

What I really like about 'Grit' - especially being the guy who goes on TV every week and says 'Never Give Up' and who truly tries to live his life to that credo - we recruited 16 people who said, 'I will never give up.' And the only way they can leave the contest is by doing the one thing they said they never would.

If we are interested in Christ by faith, notwithstanding our imperfections and sins, God will be our God through grace.

The Department of Labor's final conflict of interest rule will ensure that America's workers and retirees receive retirement advice in their best interest.

I was in Yorkshire. We were a family of five and I used to be sent sometimes to get the rations for the week and I was easily able to carry them back. It was like one egg and a tiny bit of tea.

I don't think I will ever write about politics or foreign policy. I feel like there is so much good writing in those areas that I have little to add. I also like to steer clear of writing about people whom I do not personally like.

I don't think there's much point in bemoaning the state of the world unless there's some way you can think of to improve it. Otherwise, don't bother writing a book; go and find a tropical island and lie in the sun.