Great abilities are not requisite for an Historian; for in historical composition, all the greatest powers of the human mind are quiescent.
I just don't want to give them my name and say, 'Do whatever you want. ' I am trying to create my brand.
I'm fearless, I don't complain. Even when horrible things happen to me, I go on.
Never take no personally. Sometimes people tell you no for a reason that has nothing to do with you. You must keep going.
I can turn around and scream and get angry, but I turn around and I forget about it.
Beauty is really all about confidence. If you feel beautiful, then you are beautiful.
Listen, I'm not afraid of anything. I'm Colombian.
We are often struck by the force and precision of style to which hard-working men, unpracticed in writing, easily attain when required to make the effort. As if plainness and vigor and sincerity, the ornaments of style, were better learned on the farm and in the workshop than in the schools. The sentences written by such rude hands are nervous and tough, like hardened thongs, the sinews of the deer, or the roots of the pine.
Ethiopia did not have the same problem [of corruption]. African leaders looked at us with envy.
We can often do more by doing less. God is not particularly interested in quantity production. That is an American standard, not a Bible standard.
If just one person touches you without your permission, stepping back and saying clearly, "Please don't touch me" should get them to stop.