The Republic of Texas is no more.

Unavoidable circumstances prevent me from giving you ample written instructions. Such however as may be deemed necessary will be prepared and sent to you at the City of Washington in a very few days.

It is only requisite, for me to say to you, that the President places great reliance upon your skill, judgment and intimate knowledge.

The Republic of Texas is no more.

How majestic is naturalness. I have never met a man whom I really considered a great man who was not always natural and simple. Affectation is inevitably the mark of one not sure of himself.

You might as well try to hear without ears or breathe without lungs as to try to live a Christian life without the Spirit of God in your heart.

The eyes get lost in 3-D. With 3-D, your eyes are looking for the plane of focus, right? And the problem is, when you do quick cuts, your eyes can't find it.

I just got a body wave because I wanted it to look good when it was down.

I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange.

My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.

I'm going to try to pull a Natalie Portman. Natalie went to Harvard while shooting 'Star Wars'. I don't know how she did it. I want to have lunch with her and ask her - that seems like a bunch of stress right there.

There is no room for Christians in today's Democratic Party.

I like to get one pair of shoes and wear them till they're dirty. Besides, I don't walk - I glide, like butter. Float like a vampire. I'm like Louis Vuitton, but smoother. He wishes he were like me.

I couldn't get my album played over the so-called smooth jazz stations. Jazz stations would not play it. You don't always know who you're making that soul connection with.

It's all about the light. Always face it, because that's how you give your face good angles. If you're outside when the sun is overhead, you're going to have dark circles from the sun creating shadows on your face. So no outdoor pictures between 12 and two!

Seek to establish an environment conducive to study in the home.

Vision is perhaps our greatest strength... it has kept us alive to the power and continuity of thought through the centuries, it makes us peer into the future and lends shape to the unknown.

If I can play 15 when I am 25, I can play 35 when I'm 55.

Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.

Inspiration is God making contact with itself.

Growing up, I was always in normal public school which is very important in my eyes.

The average rap life is two or three albums. You're lucky to get to your second album in rap!

I'm not at all fed up with British films, but I am fed up with playing upper-class people.

Too often in the past, U.S. leaders have forced Israel to pay the price for American strategic interests in the Middle East - through concessions in the peace process as well as passivity in the face of Iraqi attacks.

I love romantic films and love drama. Any film that has romance or romantic element is my comfort.

I wouldn't say that I am one of the greatest dancers, but I am really quite good at what I do.

I have lived with passion and in a hurry, trying to accomplish too many things. I never had time to think about my beliefs until my 28-year-old daughter Paula fell ill. She was in a coma for a year, and I took care of her at home until she died in my arms in December of 1992.

I once threw a water balloon on a girl because I caught her cheating on me. She was kissing my friend and I thought, 'Oh, this can't be happening.' It was bad and I was much older than you think throwing a water balloon. I was 14.