The universe is like a pension plan. It will match your investment.

I have lived my life in a culture that hates fat people.

It's important to me that I look good on television because, let's face it, I'm single, and you want somebody to watch the show and fall in love with you

Nobody else knew what to do with me because big women are old

I learned how to sign because when I was growing up in California in order to get into college you needed two semesters of language to get into a University of California school.

You can either destroy your spirit or you can accept and love yourself just the way you are.

I placed over a thousand deaf people in jobs throughout my career working for the deaf.