“You’ve got to love yourself first. You’ve got to be okay on your own before you can be okay with somebody else.”

You mirror what the world mirrors to you.

If you kiss on the first date and it’s not right, then there will be no second date. Sometimes it’s better to hold out and not kiss for a long time. I am a strong believer in kissing being very intimate, and the minute you kiss, the floodgates open for everything else.

People equate sexy with promiscuous. They think that because I’m shaped this way, I must be scandalous – like running around and bringing men into my hotel room. But it’s just the opposite.

You know, maybe I was just born in the wrong time, but I love all things romantic. Puffy understands that. For my last birthday, he covered my hotel room floor with rose petals and had flowers and candles all over the room.

I have to work, for my soul.

I just knew that was what I wanted to do. I was going to perform as a singer; I was going to perform as a dancer, and I was, you know, going to do movies and be an actress. I was going to do it or die trying. That’s what my life was.

When I am wrong, I will learn the lesson and move on to face other challenges. For me, that’s what creating your own life is. Doing your best work while being your best self.

Whenever it feels uncomfortable to tell the truth, that’s often the most important time to tell it.

If you ask me, I’d like to become the first female president. That would be really cool. The first thing I would do is redecorate the White House, it doesn’t look very cozy.

I was always a singer and a dancer, and I always wanted to be an actress. For me, it’s all just one thing.

You’ve gotta do things that make you happy.

You have to fight for the things you want.

Just because you dress sexy doesn’t mean you’re a bad girl; it just means you know how to dress.

If you don’t love yourself, you can’t love anybody else. And I think as women we really forget that.

When I face myself, I go, “You have a fear of really being on your own. So you know what? That’s what we’re gonna do right now.

Beauty is only skin deep. I think what’s really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit.

Your company should act as a springboard for ambitious employees, not a set of shackles.

Focusing on the customer makes a company more resilient.

Alibaba is an ecosystem that helps small business to grow.

A company is a group of people organized to create a product or service, and that product or service is only as good as the people in the company.

Our philosophy is, using internet technology, we can make every company become Amazon.

Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that’s somewhat correct.

Create the kind of workplace and company culture that will attract great talent. If you hire brilliant people, they will make work feel more like play.

It is better to be alone than in bad company.