The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can.

I have a theory that movies operate on the level of dreams, where you dream yourself.

I think the best role models for women are people who are fruitfully and confidently themselves, who bring light into the world.

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.

I think you find your own way. You have your own rules. You have your own understanding of yourself, and that's what you're going to count on. In the end, it's what feels right to you. Not what your mother told you. Not what some actress told you. Not what anybody else told you but the still, small voice.

The quote above about patience is NOT MERYL STREEP's-- this quote is actually from the pen of Portuguese self-help author/life coach José Micard Teixeira. PLEASE REMOVE IT!!!!!

I no longer have patience for certain things, not because I’ve become arrogant, but simply because I reached a point in my life where I do not want to waste more time with what displeases me or hurts me. I have no patience for cynicism, excessive criticism and demands of any nature. I lost the will to please those who do not like me, to love those who do not love me and to smile at those who do not want to smile at me.

I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.