RIP-if something bad happens, you would say RIP, you're not actually telling them to rest in peace. Example: "My phone broke." "RIP."

Deadass-an emphasis on seriously. Example: "Deadass, this is the best meal I've ever had."

AF-acronym, stands for 'as f*ck' Example: "I'm tired AF."

Tea-gossip. Example: "Spill the tea."

Sis-sister. Example: "Love you, sis!"

Hella-really, used when describing something or someone. Example: "She's hella weird."

OD-Over Doing It. Example: "Let's spit in her food." "Nah, that's OD."

Thicc-hot, cute, describing a person. Example: "She thicc."

Highkey-obvious. Example: "Highkey, everyone knows she's faking."

Lowkey-not obvious. Example: "Lowkey, she's so smart."

When you grow up without a brother or sister, you tend to see things just through your own eyes. You have friends and everything, but you spend most of your time watching TV or sat in a room making decisions about your life on your own.

I grew up listening to a lot of different types of music, and R&B in particular was something that I loved - Aaliyah, Usher, Alicia Keys, TLC.

Number of people have said to me, after hearing your thinking, their mind becomes much more happier.

I generally like to be up front and honest and open because that's how I've always been. I have nothing to hide, and I think people relate to you more when you're just yourself.

I co-own the ranch with my brother, and he and his wife are really the backbone of the operation.

If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you will have complete peace.

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is.

As I started to develop as a director, I wanted to do projects that were inherently more cinematic, where the freight was not so much in the dialogue, where it would be carried more by the camera.

To play piano is a significant part of my life, my existence. It fulfills a very physical & spiritual need for me.

I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt.

I'm trying to focus on the 100 and 200 breaststroke now. There's no point concentrating on the 50 when it's not in the Olympics. I'm not going to quit the 50 but it's not my priority any more. I'll do it but as part of my bid for gold at the other distances.

I can't say too much about it because I don't know a lot. We're not told what's in store for our characters until we turn up to shoot the episode. But it's fair to say that Betty and her son bring a brand new mystery to the street and they will be around all season.

The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.

Bugs have always loved me.

I really think that it's better to retire, in Uncle Earl's terms, when you still have some snap left in your garters.

As Darwin himself was at pains to point out, natural selection is all about differential survival within species, not between them.

'Yes' is a far more potent word than 'no' in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side, one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say.

Selling beauty is something I can understand. Even selling false beauty seems perfectly natural; it's a sign of progress.

If my children call me during the day and leave a message, I return those calls first, not last.

I like Sam Bailey - she's got a huge voice.

Loving Chicago is like loving a woman with a broken nose.

Indeed I had not much wit, yet I was not an idiot - my wit was according to my years.

Those who invest in South Africa should not think they are doing us a favor; they are here for what they get out of our cheap and abundant labor, and they should know that they are buttressing one of the most vicious systems.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles