“I think our culture promotes fear and shame.”

There are a ton of foods that are great for you, that’s like an indulgence.

It was when I realized I needed to stop trying to be somebody else and be myself, that I actually started to own, accept and love what I had.

This is a couple that actually loves, respects & appreciates each other.

The two things that I thought were really interesting about this character [Bow] for me were that she actually loved her husband, and he loved her. The comedy was not coming from the fact that they hated each other. Which is what television couples are usually based on.

Just embrace your hair! I really feel like I am not an advocate for people doing what I do. I’m an advocate for people discovering and finding what works for them.

Self-care of all kinds is a huge part of my life. I really encourage other women and other people to really put self-care – and that includes the beauty regime, how you eat, all of that – into your body.

Here is my wish and my desire and my pledge as well: that we remember our true nature and our womanhood. That we own and know that we are more than our bodies and yet our bodies are these sacred, beautiful, rhythmic houses for us.

One of the photographers was like, “Can you stop talking and try to look sexy for a minute?”

I’m trying to find my own version of what makes me feel beautiful.

My mom would leave her job, and there would be throngs of people screaming and banging on our car. I come from a very private family, but I was born into a public family.

When you feel happy, you look beautiful.

And it acting was exciting to me. And scary.

I sometimes think to myself, you’re not going to meet a new friend of any kind at home in front of the TV with your DVR. As much as it’s great, and there are so many good shows on TV, and I have great books that I’m reading, get out and interact with people.

Throughout high school, I was obsessed with magazines. I used to just comb through them and plaster things on my wall.

I like to choose compassion over judgment and curiosity over fear.

I’ve always been a curious thinker. And now, as an adult, I can articulate it.

The fact that different cultures have different practices no more refutes [moral] objectivism than the fact that water flows in different directions in different places refutes the law of gravity.

Cultural identity; warped and changed. Each of you thinks the other is to blame, It’s created this way, yet we all play a role. We could stop it today if we felt the truth in our souls.

Culture is the most powerful force in humanity under god.

My music is influenced by L.A. culture.

The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.

It’s true that it’s within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to work through political issues, which I think is good, although it’s not going to solve the problems.

Multi-culture is the real culture of the world – a pure race doesn’t exist.

Beauty has no obvious use; nor is there any clear cultural necessity for it. Yet civilization could not do without it.