I could announce one morning that the world was going to blow up in three hours and people would be calling in about my hair!

Be fearless. Have the courage to take risks. Go where there are no guarantees. Get out of your comfort zone even if it means being uncomfortable. The road less traveled is sometimes fraught with barricades bumps and uncharted terrain. But it is on that road where your character is truly tested And have the courage to accept that you’re not perfect nothing is and no one is — and that’s OK.

I realized that whatever your path, whatever your calling, the most damaging thing you can do is let other voices define you and drown out your own. You've got to block them out and find that place deep inside you, shaken but still intact, and hold on to it.

Oftentimes Westerners don't really understand fully the values of this particular culture. And I think the jury is still out as to whether democracy can really thrive in Iraq.

The sooner you learn that life is not fair, the better off you'll be.

I feel like a human pinata. The disappointing thing is, no candy is going to spill out.

I beg. I call. I badger. I cajole. Part of the secret is everyone has fun and thats really motivating.