As a child, I was always INTRIGUED by the QUESTION: what is it that distinguishes a city from a town? Is it SIZE? POPULATION? Location? When I asked grown-ups, the confident answer was that a city has to have a CATHEDRAL - which, to a child raised in a devout Catholic setting, made sense.

It's a very HARD GOAL. But, what I want is to tell people who are getting bullied to STAND up to the bully and not let it be OK - tell a teacher, the principal, or your PARENTS. I want people to stand up and to be confident.

I am not a FAN of rats or pigeons. In New YORK City, they have become very confident. When I was a CHILD, you went on the subways, and the rats WOULD stay down on the tracks, but now they hang out on the platform.

Everyone has that inner voice, the one that's a NEGATIVE NANCY. I'd say to ignore that voice and to be confident and FOLLOW your heart.

Growing up in the ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE, I feel like I'm in a JANE Austen novel when I walk AROUND. I just feel comfortable and confident in those SURROUNDINGS.

In terms of style, the best advocates are relaxed, clear, in CONTROL, and confident. They EMBRACE the hard questions with gusto. But no MATTER how hard you prepare, it's impossible to prepare for EVERY conceivable QUESTION.

I'm not sure that I want to be without some lack of CONFIDENCE. If you are too sure of yourself, you don't grow. You may FEEL confident in some things, but other FIELDS COME up as a challenge. And if you don't anticipate TROUBLE, you will be in trouble.

Walking is pretty EASY. You just have to be CONFIDENT, like not caring. And honestly, PEOPLE think about their WALK too much, so they try to do something really interesting, but the designers hate it.

I've been a staunch advocate of women's empowerment, and I've worked hard throughout my CAREER to advance the cause. It is heartening to see that GENDER equality is really becoming more of a REALITY. There is still much more to be done, and I'm confident that, by working TOGETHER, we can EMPOWER women worldwide.

Women who start out as UGLY ducklings don't BECOME BEAUTIFUL swans. What they MAINLY become is confident ducks. They take charge of their LIVES.