The intelligence is clear: (Saddam) continues to believe his WMD programme is essential both for internal repression and for external aggression.
I believe I owe all the best parts of my adulthood to embracing my imperfections and showcasing them.
It's funny how something so normal and mundane that you see every day-your body-can be controversial. The shock value is intense. It's like carrying an art piece around with you all the time.
I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself, and that is so important. And not just about your body, but so many ways of confidence. You're constantly learning how to be confident, aren't you?
Reclaiming the word 'fat' was the most empowering step in my progress. I stopped using it for insult or degradation and instead replaced it with truth, because the truth is that I am fat, and that's ok. So now when someone calls me fat, I agree, whereas before I would get embarrassed and emotional.
I have a very good relationship with myself. My favourite quote is, "What you think about me is none of my business. "
Because I didn't have any queer, lesbian, female role models I hated my own femininity and had to look deep within myself to create an identity that worked for me. Pop culture just doesn't hand us enough variety to choose from.
Confidence: The feeling that makes one believe a man, even when one knows that one would lie in his place
Sometimes, flying feels too godlike to be attained by man. Sometimes, the world from above seems too beautiful, too wonderful, too distant for human eyes to see.
Put Karate into your everyday living, that is how you will see true beauty.
I think life is the most important thing and you have to live that first and then you're art comes second.