"I'd like to see a world free of strife, stress, pain, hunger, war - a cool place where everyone could live."

"Do you know that other than my father, I've never had a man take care of me?"

"Brazil is where I belong, the place that feels like home. They love their family, their country and God, and are not afraid to let anybody know it."

"I've had some incredible moments in my life - thus far. I hope a lot more are coming."

"The sad truth is that the civil rights movement cannot be reborn until we identify the causes of black suffering, some of them self-inflicted. Why can't black leaders organize rallies around responsible sexuality, birth within marriage, parents reading to their children and students staying in school and doing homework?"

"I didn't want to be on the losing side. I was fed up with Jewish weakness, timidity and fear. I didn't want any more Jewish sentimentality and Jewish suffering. I was sickened by our sad songs."

"Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry."

"The '80s were fabulous. The '90s sucked, and the '70s were just a sad, sad time in human history. Go 1980s! There's something that's just so cute about that time. And not just yellow nail polish and 'I'm a loner.'"