If you're looking for inner peace from the outside world, you're not going to get that. The inner peace starts with looking at you from the inside.

I can tell you I didn't feel good when I could not articulate properly. Getting my GED was important and I want other women to feel that.

I've just been growing right along. It's painful, but it's a great pain, and I like suffering for great results. It's like going to the gym. It hurts really bad at first, but after a couple of months and after that diet, you're looking so hot.

Negative words are powerful boomerangs so be careful what you say about people and yourself.

I felt ashamed about everything. Me dropping out of high school, me not, you know, just not being beautiful enough. I just didn't feel like I was smart enough or beautiful enough, you know, for years.

It's sad that a lot of identities are lost and a lot of careers are lost because there's sort of a clone thing going on.

The important thing is to realize that no matter what people's opinions may be, they're only just that - people's opinions. You have to believe in your heart what you know to be true about yourself. And let that be that.