Here's my pet peeve: The not-so-unstated rule that all women are only to be treated as sexual objects and gawked at-you know, sitting up against a car, washing something, bending over, licking something. That just drives me crazy.

It's when we become afraid of everything and worried about everything that you are never going to reach your highest potential.

I've always been very private, maybe because I discovered my mother, who is a wonderful lady, is very emotional.

My parents weren't married. It wasn't like my dad up and left. I maintained a steady relationship with my grandparents. My dad's mother is my nana, and I'm closer to her than almost anybody in this world.

Love will come find you, just to remind you of who you are.

Sometimes I've gotten photographs back and people have literally shaven off pieces of me, and I tell them to put it back.

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