Having insurance doesn't guarantee good health outcomes, but it is a critical factor.

Kids get a lot of lip service in disaster planning, but they tend to get far fewer resources than they need. The mantra of 'children are our most valuable resource' is almost never matched by actual funding.

There are several very good websites which describe the details of preparedness planning for citizens.

No organization should be allowed near disaster unless they are willing to cooperate with some level of established leadership.

When I was starting off in the beauty world, it wasn't easy. My family wasn't the most forthcoming. My friends didn't understand what I was doing or why I liked doing it.

I worked in the family business, which was my father's shoe making company that he had inherited from his father, and that led me to become interested in what could be achieved by a great Italian brand. That became my ambition as a young man.

For our family, learning was everything. Homework came first; books, being sacred, were never to be left on the floor.

When people say, 'Well, I don't talk to my family because they're all conservatives,' or 'I don't talk to my family because they're racist,' I'm, like, 'No, no, no; that's exactly who you need to be talking to.'