Melody Beattie

Don't violate your own code of values and ethics, but don't waste energy trying to make other people violate theirs.

The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.

Few things can frustrate us more than trying to make a person someone he or she isn't; we feel crazy when we try to pretend that person is someone he or she is not.

One Moment in Time because I think it describes me as a person and how I felt about being on the show.

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.