"I haven't deliberately set out to play the blonde bombshell in my movies. In fact, it's probably been quite the opposite. After the success of The Mask, I wasn't offered all that many blonde bombshell parts, to be honest. I think people believed from the beginning that I could actually walk and talk at the same time."

"With the evolution of technology, kids really need to be computer-savvy."

"Christianity is usually called a religion. As a religion it has had a wider geographic spread and is more deeply rooted among more peoples than any other religion in the history of mankind."

"Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business."

"You really have to be a morning person if you want to be a teacher."

"All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It's scary."

"Faith is different from proof the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God."

"Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike."

"Conservatism is a hard choice for a society that has become accustomed to big government and big entitlements promoted by liberals."

"There is nothing stable in the world uproar's your only music."

"There's an easygoing nature that comes with a perspective of things that aren't as important as we make them sometimes."

"I can only hope to be 10 percent of the mom mine was to me. She encouraged me to be confident and enjoy life. That's what I want for my son."

"I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning."

"My parents owned a soul food diner. It inspired me to go to culinary school."

"Overall, the challenge of leadership is both moral and one of developing the characteristics that make us respected by one another."

"While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom."

"Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets."

"Work takes up a lot of my brain space. So when I work, it's one thing. I don't have a lot of time to think about dating."