I love a beautiful gown on stage and luckily I've been fortunate to wear some amazing dresses.

I tell you it was kind of two-fold. I fortunately had a lot of support. My coach was amazing - he told me to focus on being prepared and that is what I did. Every athlete is nervous - any athlete who tells you they're not nervous isn't telling you the truth. I was as prepared as I could be.

I think the idea that you can go this alone is - was a huge mistake. And unfortunately there was a price paid in terms of suffering and pain for people in New Orleans.

I'm fortunate that I've been in this business long enough that I've earned the right to be left alone by my record company.

What We want is to make it possible for our unfortunate people to live a life of industry for it is by steady work alone that we hope for our physical and moral rehabilitation. For this reason above all we have undertaken to rally our people around our ideal.

In our open society we are inclined to give to the less fortunate for the pure goodness of giving. We open our home to those who are alone on this holiday to spread some warmth into the life of another.

It is said that man doesn't live by bread alone. Sometimes this is unfortunate because people who cannot live by bread alone too often kill other people in consequence of the fights they get into.

It's important for moms to have alone time. However that's the first thing that goes on a busy day. Fortunately for me because of my job I have to find the time to do it. At least that's the way my mind sees it.

Life expectancy in many parts of Africa can be something around the age of thirty five to thirty eight. I mean you're very fortunate if you live to that age. In fact when I went to Uganda for the first time one of the things that occurred to me was that I saw very few elderly people.