I don't have a hateful bone in my body. I don't believe anyone should be bullied or made to feel bad about who they are.
I think we all are kind of colored by whatever we were raised with or what we came up believing in.
I need to be looking at what's important in North Carolina, and you better believe that's what I will do.
If my ego was out of whack and I believed I could carry anything off, that would be a stupid risk. But so far there's been no reason not to try anything.
I still can't believe that I've achieved what I have. It's like I've lived a dream for about five years now.
I think every fantasy reader secretly believes they know how magic works.
I try to keep a balance. I actually believe that children want normal parents, they don't want celebrities or important parents or anything different from all the other parents.
My understanding from the Word of God is that I am supposed to preach for the maturation of the believer with a view that lost people are there.
I give no shit to what extent they believe in superstitions and fanaticism. But I will fight till death, if their fallacious belief hurts any individual.
I find it difficult to believe that words have no meaning in themselves, hard as I try. Habits of a lifetime are not lightly thrown aside.
I don't believe there can be a poetic novel without political consciousness. I have a strong political conscience.
I do believe that I will see the apocalypse in my lifetime. And when it comes, I'm not repenting for anything I've done.
I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.
The fact that anyone would find me sexy is very, very flattering, but ridiculous. I so don't believe it. But I'm flattered. Truth is, I don't lift a finger to look sexy. Ever.
I don't believe in the so-called Olympic spirit. I speak from personal experience. When China hosted the Games, it failed to include the people. The event was constructed without regard for their joy.
Obviously I wouldn't have said that three or four years ago in the midst of it. But I really believe that. It's been a marvelous and important experience.
I don't claim to know what it means to say that we are made in the image of God, but I profoundly and instinctively believe it and all that it implies.
The Church is the safe place to be. I can safely believe everything the Church teaches. It will not harm me, and in fact it will equip me to grow and grow and have a better and better ability to experience that direct presence.
I'd like to believe an accumulation of experience has made me a sort of a grown-up person, so I can have judgment and taste and whatever.
I'm so proud of my Chinese ancestry, but I was born and raised in America, and I really believe in American values, our American system, our freedom, our liberties.
I'm a very individualistic person. That is why I don't belong to any political party or anything. I really believe in justice and freedom.