"Teachers believe they have a gift for giving it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building."

"Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society."

"There are many who lust for the simple answers of doctrine or decree. They are on the left and right. They are not confined to a single part of the society. They are terrorists of the mind."

"I just try to do the best job I possibly can - put the blinders on, go to work and be the best you can possibly be. Once you have done everything that you possibly can - you've put forth your greatest effort - then I can live with whatever's next."

"Do you know how many plastic surgeries are done to the actors and actresses in Hollywood?"

"The most that one of Jewish faith can do - and some have gladly done it - is to say that Jesus was the greatest in the long succession of Jewish prophets. None can acknowledge that Jesus was the Messiah without becoming a Christian."

"My mom really instilled in me that I'm beautiful and I can do anything, and I echo that now with my own girls."