The Victorian language of flowers began with the publication of 'Le Language des Fleurs,' wr...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH At Camellia Network, we believe if we can create a way of identifying every young person aging out o...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH I was a screenwriting and studio art major in college, so even though I don't have any training ...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH I think that the hardest thing about working with young people in foster care who've been throug...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH The names of common flowers change from decade to decade, so I spent a lot of time with old outdated...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH I wanted to write with emotional honesty and tell a story people could connect with. And I wanted pe...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH I'm missing work. We didn't have enough money for preschool. I had a panic attack. I couldn&...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH We were pressured to accept kids we were not qualified to handle. And we do that to people all the t...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH The most violent and troubling stories become part of our national consciousness about foster care.
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH Our standards for motherhood are so high that many of us harbor intense, secret guilt for every hars...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH I'm very interested in getting inside the heads of people society discards, people on the fringe...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH First drafts are never any good - at least, mine aren't.
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH There aren't always, especially in low-income communities, the arts and the dance and the drama ...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH We have been trained to broadcast our successes and hide our failures. But the truth is this: our fa...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH My husband and I have been involved with foster youth since our early 20s. Right out of college and ...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH I founded Camellia Network with my dear friend Isis Dallis Keigwin. The mission of our organization ...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH I don't think there is anything magical about the language of flowers in real life or in my book...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH It is stories - both real and fictional - that can captivate hearts, change minds and, in the most p...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH Though politics is by nature divisive, surely we all can agree that foster children need stability, ...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH We all make mistakes, and we all need second chances. For youth in foster care, these mistakes are o...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH I've always loved the language of flowers. I discovered Kate Greenaway's 'Language of Fl...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH I've worked with homeless kids, kids in foster care, and I've never met a kid who couldn'...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH My last book, 'The Language of Flowers,' I wrote completely on naptime, when my little kids ...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH We are more and more into technology. Everything is texting, and everything is instant. Flowers are ...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH Anyone can grow into something beautiful.
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH There's still something so pure and heartfelt and emotional and genuine about a bouquet of flowe...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and lo...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH The open forgiveness in her eyes, the uncensored love, terrified me.
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH Your behavior is a choice; it isn’t who you are.
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH Common thistle is everywhere,” she said. “Which is perhaps why human beings are so relentlessly ...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH I am not only the person who wrote and sold a novel while raising a houseful of biological and foste...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH I have spent a lot of time with foster children over the years - kids for whom I have not necessaril...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH She was perfect. I knew this the moment she emerged from my body, white and wet and wailing. Beyond ...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH Her eyes were open, taking in my tired face... Her face twitched into what looked like a squinty smi...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH My husband and I vowed that after we married and settled down, we would become foster parents - a vo...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH My husband was working as principal of an urban transformation high school - the kind of public char...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH This time, there was no escape, I could not turn away, could not leave without accepting what I had ...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH If it was true that moss did not have roots, and maternal love could grow spontaneously as if from n...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH You should see the way she smiles when I rattle off the names of the orchids in the greenhouse: onci...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH In winter I go skiing on Saturdays and Sundays when the slopes are quieter due to changeover day for...
VANESSA MAE You have to be able to love yourself because that's when things fall into place.
VANESSA HUDGENS My dad is a really funny guy, and we would make jokes about my leukemia. When my friends would come ...
VANESSA BAYER And at 19, you think you rule the world, and you can control things. And a lot of times, you don'...
VANESSA WILLIAMS And when people give me their word, I listen to them.
VANESSA WILLIAMS Broadway is really my life.
VANESSA WILLIAMS My parents are both teachers, so we had the summers off.
VANESSA WILLIAMS There are a lot of things that you don't realize that your parents are going through when you...
VANESSA WILLIAMS Well, my mom taught public school music for almost 40 years. And she's about 5 feet - and very m...
VANESSA WILLIAMS I love the French horn.
VANESSA WILLIAMS I am lucky to have three daughters who are completely different. I look at my daughters and I have d...
VANESSA WILLIAMS New York is my home.
VANESSA WILLIAMS You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, th...
VANESSA WILLIAMS The wiser you get, the more experience you have, and the more you see people for who they are as hum...
VANESSA WILLIAMS I think there's a time to work, and everyone has to kind of adjust. And then there's a time ...
VANESSA WILLIAMS A theater is being given over to market forces, which means that a whole generation that should be a...
VANESSA REDGRAVE The society Shakespeare knew was heading for tremendous change, and he seems to have recognized that...
VANESSA REDGRAVE Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings.
VANESSA REDGRAVE Theater and poetry were what helped people stay alive and want to go on living.
VANESSA REDGRAVE Integrity is so perishable in the summer months of success.
VANESSA REDGRAVE Ask the right questions if you're to find the right answers.
VANESSA REDGRAVE I've worked with a couple of these really cool, great actors like Ted Danson and Glenn Close. Th...
VANESSA RAY I visualized high school as being like 'Saved By the Bell.' I decided I would do all the thi...
VANESSA RAY Whatever age you think I am, you're probably right.
VANESSA RAY I visualized high school as being like 'Saved By the Bell.'
VANESSA RAY I mostly want to be friends with my children.
VANESSA PARADIS You fall for who the chemistry is with.
VANESSA PARADIS I was an only child until I was 11 years old, which is when my sister was born. So for 11 years, it ...
VANESSA PARADIS I love clothes but I have spent so much of my professional life creating an image of one kind or ano...
VANESSA PARADIS I don't have famous neighbours and if I did, I'd avoid them. I don't live the jet-set.
VANESSA PARADIS I am a complete sentimentalist when it comes to clothes. I have so many memories attached to them th...
VANESSA PARADIS Women are the real superheroes because they're not just working. They have a life and everything...
VANESSA PARADIS I hate, for example, whenever you hear someone say, 'You have work at being a couple.'
VANESSA PARADIS I don't have the recipe for happiness, but I think the engine is simply having the desire.
VANESSA PARADIS Not everyone is lucky enough to be given space and trust.
VANESSA PARADIS I was born in a suburb of Paris, and I grew up there until I was 16, so there were always a lot of b...
VANESSA PARADIS Well, my type is obviously creative. Creative, with burning eyes and a pretty mouth.
VANESSA PARADIS My daughter loves singing above all else.
VANESSA PARADIS If your heart is in love, you can do anything.
VANESSA PARADIS I do sometimes strongly hope that in a past life, my most recent life before this, I was absolutely ...
VANESSA PARADIS When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
VANESSA PARADIS Fear can make all of us do the wrong things sometimes.
VANESSA PARADIS Sometimes you could be in an unhappy relationship; you are very much in love with someone, but it...
VANESSA PARADIS The idea of a soulmate is beautiful and very romantic to talk about it in a movie or a song, but in ...
VANESSA PARADIS The only thing I want to say is, I know I'm not Einstein, but I'm not the queen of the imbec...
VANESSA PARADIS In the winter I separate, in the summer I marry. It's been 15 years since I've been getting ...
VANESSA PARADIS I liked to play dress-up.
VANESSA PARADIS I realize how unique my path has been. And I'm thankful for that.
VANESSA PARADIS Cafe De Flore speaks of love, its joys, its pains and its dramas - to love and to lose. This story u...
VANESSA PARADIS Love is the strongest and most fragile thing we have in life.
VANESSA PARADIS Life is like the ocean, it goes up and down.
VANESSA PARADIS I booked my first series when I was 13. Acting kind of took control because I was just going from pa...
VANESSA MORGAN I was in a music class when I was little, and they discovered I had a talent and could sing. From th...
VANESSA MORGAN My mom helped me get started when I was younger. I started with singing. An agent saw me singing on ...
VANESSA MORGAN I definitely understand what it's like not having family around when you want them there, but yo...
VANESSA MORGAN I think as I've gotten older, I've learned to look at life and take every day as it comes.
VANESSA MINNILLO I do a lot of damage to my hair every day because of my work. I just noticed this huge change. It st...
VANESSA MINNILLO I went to eight different schools my first nine years of school.
VANESSA MINNILLO I didn't grow up with a mother, so I don't have that resource to rely on and ask a million q...
VANESSA MINNILLO I am an Air Force brat - that's the terminology they use for military kids who are traveling con...
VANESSA MINNILLO The best advice I get is actually from my family and friends. That has been a huge resource I've...
VANESSA MINNILLO It's a comforting thought to know that I've got my partner by my side walking through life a...
VANESSA MINNILLO Well, the thing about my high school, which I loved, is that we had uniforms. But whenever we had a ...
VANESSA MINNILLO My family didn't have any money growing up. I'm just a girl from the ghetto; from Indio, Cal...
VANESSA MARCIL Acting probably saved my life. It gave me a home and a safe place to let out all of my emotions and ...
VANESSA MARCIL I eat whatever I want, junk food included.
VANESSA MARCIL If I deny myself something, I just get resentful, so what's the point?
VANESSA MARCIL Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while ...
VANESSA MARCIL I love Vegas. It's like going to Disneyland.
VANESSA MARCIL I'm not ready to be a woman yet, I'd like it if my body were more boyish. Maybe I'll lik...
VANESSA MARCIL What makes a woman beautiful is her loyalty to and her friendships with other women, and her honesty...
VANESSA MARCIL I don't get this whole super-skinny obsession. I really think women look more beautiful when the...
VANESSA MARCIL To even get to the Olympics, I have to qualify for the 2013 World Championships and the standard is ...
VANESSA MAE Music will always be my greatest passion.
VANESSA MAE I don't mind about the boos from the audience.
VANESSA MAE But then I hit my 20s and only made two albums, and now I live in a ski resort as a ski bum basicall...
VANESSA MAE I've decided to make my main priority for the next two years not playing the violin, but trainin...
VANESSA MAE But I don't mind, I'm a bit of a touring animal. When I'm on tour that is the greatest t...
VANESSA MAE All the time I'm changing as an artist and as a person.
VANESSA MAE But I don't think I've grown up to be a damaged adult.
VANESSA MAE Music is about the performance.
VANESSA MAE Beethoven and Beatles, Mozart and Michael Jackson, Paganini and Prince - I like them all.
VANESSA MAE When I hit my 20s, I took a chill pill and relaxed because throughout my teens I was churning out an...
VANESSA MAE The stage is the best experience in the world. It's a great compliment to be able to share the m...
VANESSA MAE For example, I loved English and history at school. I would have loved to have done a degree in eith...
VANESSA MAE I started skiing around the same time as I began playing the piano, at around four, before moving to...
VANESSA MAE People find it hard to understand how I can risk ruining my career as a musician by injuring myself ...
VANESSA MAE I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, ...
VANESSA MAE Kids can be born with potential but unless it's encouraged - pushed, even - I don't think it...
VANESSA MAE But I still think it's mind over matter in the sense that if you're strong, you can combat a...
VANESSA MAE In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland.
VANESSA MAE I will be the Thai equivalent of Eddie the Eagle.
VANESSA MAE Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
VANESSA MAE During 'Hawthorne', I was constantly trying not to be too outrageous and keep it serious. Th...
VANESSA LENGIES I don't have a specific type of role that I aspire to play or aspire to act. I really like a cha...
VANESSA LENGIES I love playing characters, so I'm always telling my agents, 'Don't worry if the characte...
VANESSA LENGIES My whole plan in my head has always been, if I go a year without acting, it's time to go home; i...
VANESSA LENGIES When I was younger, my dad was making a music video for a band in Montreal. I was goofing around and...
VANESSA LENGIES I do a lot of damage to my hair every day because of my work. I just noticed this huge change. It st...
VANESSA LACHEY With acting, when you're reading a script, you're regurgitating someone else's words. Th...
VANESSA LACHEY I gained, I think, 65 pounds when I was pregnant. And I will say to moms out there, 'Don't s...
VANESSA LACHEY I didn't grow up with a mother, so I don't have that resource to rely on and ask a million q...
VANESSA LACHEY For me, the love really flowed when I found out the baby was a boy. That's when I could finally ...
VANESSA LACHEY What I love about Popsicle and the moments I can be with Camden is that their whole philosophy is fa...
VANESSA LACHEY We love Popsicle in our house. Nick could probably down a whole box in one sitting; he's obsesse...
VANESSA LACHEY My favorite role is mommy. I know that sounds cheesy to people who don't have kids, or there are...
VANESSA LACHEY Without a doubt, priority No. 1 is always my family. Whether it's my children or my husband or e...
VANESSA LACHEY I went to eight different schools my first nine years of school.
VANESSA LACHEY Spanx are amazing. Thank you to the inventor of that.
VANESSA LACHEY If you establish a routine for your child, then your routine can be more manageable.
VANESSA LACHEY I feel like the word 'mom' and 'supermom' should be synonymous. When you are a mom, ...
VANESSA LACHEY When I became a mother of two, I decided to work with brands that remind me of family because they&#...
VANESSA LACHEY Everything that went on in my life... it was super important for me to have Camden first. And by tha...
VANESSA LACHEY With social media, people share mostly their best moments. Don't feel like you're not doing ...
VANESSA LACHEY It's funny because everyone says you sleep when baby sleeps or you take a nap when baby takes a ...
VANESSA LACHEY I hear the Sophie Giraffe is great for teething. Another thing I really love right now is the Moby B...
VANESSA LACHEY The thing about my high school, which I loved, is that we had uniforms. But whenever we had a free d...
VANESSA LACHEY Trust is the most important part of a relationship, closely followed by communication. I think that ...
VANESSA LACHEY I love seeing my husband hold our daughter and just give her kisses, unsolicited kisses. When he doe...
VANESSA LACHEY I have the rare privilege of talking to my dad every night at 10 p.m. and hearing about what he did ...
VANESSA KERRY We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our care...
VANESSA KERRY I, for one, am actually still incredibly idealistic, and I still can credibly or very strongly belie...
VANESSA KERRY I just learned not to take a single thing for granted, and I think it just is extraordinary.
VANESSA KERRY We don't necessarily always agree, but hopefully we make each other think, and that's what m...
VANESSA KERRY It wasn't until two or three years ago that I actually learned that in the end he actually did k...
VANESSA KERRY I think my dad is this great, wonderful... man with a lot of integrity, who is fighting for things h...
VANESSA KERRY There has to be room for people to make mistakes and lead their own lives.
VANESSA KERRY And I think we created something incredible as a Democratic group, as a platform, as an effort to ma...
VANESSA KERRY You're blinded by lights and you see all these people who come out, and it's exciting. It...
VANESSA KERRY It was definitely a part of our life. I mean, my mom had both her brothers and her fiancee in Vietna...
VANESSA KERRY I think there is a generation gap. I personally look forward to, as our generation becomes the leade...
VANESSA KERRY But one of the things I learned is that when you fight for something you believe in and you tell the...
VANESSA KERRY I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very dif...
VANESSA KERRY The dinner table is a lively debate, and everybody weighs in in a different way. I like that, though...
VANESSA KERRY My advice to kids is give it your all! Give it 110 percent and don't give up!
VANESSA HUDGENS I like someone who's not afraid to be a kid!
VANESSA HUDGENS I had my first real kiss at Magic Mountain on a park bench. Not the most romantic thing ever.
VANESSA HUDGENS It's important to have people around who love themselves, are true to themselves, who have their...
VANESSA HUDGENS If people don't like me for whatever I do, for being me, then that's too bad. I don't wa...
VANESSA HUDGENS I want to try doing sportier things, kite surfing and paddle surfing - I think it would give me that...
VANESSA HUDGENS Long-distance relationships are hard no matter what. When you don't have face-to-face time, it&#...
VANESSA HUDGENS I try not to read the blogs or what people say about me. Because that's what brings everybody do...
VANESSA HUDGENS You have a choice whether you want to be happy or not. I choose to be happy.
VANESSA HUDGENS Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
VANESSA HUDGENS I don't go long without eating. I never starve myself: I grab a healthy snack.
VANESSA HUDGENS I like friends who are honest and loyal. They also shouldn't be afraid to be a kid. I like havin...
VANESSA HUDGENS This is going to sound really funny. I have a poster of Zac Efron on my wall! I think every girl has...
VANESSA HUDGENS Touring is tough. You're almost in a haze because you don't really know where you are half t...
VANESSA HUDGENS I just love expanding my horizons and growing as an artist. The only way you get to do that is by do...
VANESSA HUDGENS I love funky styles. Not preppy or rock, just funky!
VANESSA HUDGENS I may have had a crush on Zac, but we are like brother and sister, so nothing would ever happen.
VANESSA HUDGENS Do not just look at your boyfriend as just a boyfriend. Look at him as a friend, too.
VANESSA HUDGENS I'd like to go out with friends, but I train twice a day, then I go to school, and at night I go...
VANESSA FERRARI I'd say I'm quite powerful so I'm not afraid of jumps or acrobatic elements. The hardest...
VANESSA FERRARI The Ferrari is a beautiful car. It's great.
VANESSA FERRARI New York's my home. Born and raised. I'm a New Yorker to the bone.
VANESSA FERLITO You have to really love women in order to really just have a respect for women and love them. No man...
VANESSA FERLITO Kurt Russell is so dreamy. Plus, he's great to work with, really respectful.
VANESSA FERLITO Quentin Tarantino is a genius. I want to do every single film with him.
VANESSA FERLITO I do yoga; I'm pretty dedicated.
VANESSA FERLITO I have to be honest - I don't love guns.
VANESSA FERLITO