I concentrated on a lot of things, so very few people saw me as an education governor, an infrastructure governor.
I do really crazy things all the time, but I can't think of anything offhand.
I do appreciate the '80s as an era, the general sounds and aesthetics of the era. The Cure, that whole kind of image is really kind of amazing, I think. The power ballads and how everything sparkles and words are really dramatic. Huge drums, things like that. I do really find it inspiring.
IMDb is kind of weird, because people can put things on there, but then I can't change it.
I don't think that coming from a privileged background makes you this monster who doesn't feel things.
Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within.
One of the fun things about unreliable narrators is they can be funny. You can admire things about them and laugh with them.
Either you let your life slip away by not doing the things you want to do, or you get up and do them.
One of my favorite things to do is play golf at Braemar Country Club. It's quiet and not overly crowded. The people are nice, and there's wildlife all around the course. As far as my game itself, I can go from a 10 handicap to a 30, depending on the day.
What I find really interesting is to try and mix it up, to push myself and try different things. I don't want to stay in my comfort zone. I want to take risks and keep myself scared.
Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.
Instead of fearing the unknown - all the bad that can happen - realize that good things can surprise you as well.
In acting, you can't do things for the money. You've got to do a project because you like it.
I'm a mother, I'm a journalist, I'm an American; I'm all of those things, and it really complicates your job when you have all these things come into play.
Sometimes I think that creativity is a matter of seeing, or stumbling over, unobvious similarities between things - like composing a fresh metaphor, but on a more complex scale.
One of the core organizing principles of my life is that success comes through a delicate balance between making things happen and letting things happen.
There was nothing about 'The Killing' that patronized its audience, and it was quite slow and detailed, all of the things which, for a long time, people had been nervous of making.
Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
Men and women have different ideas of what constitutes tidiness. I tend to think it's about things being clean, but my mum and girlfriend are more about how things look.
I think what they're looking for is for us to keep our promises and to do the simple things, like cutting spending and being responsible.
No voice teacher can be all things to all people. You have to gain information from whatever sources you can. You have to listen.
I saw Deep Purple live once and I paid money for it and I thought, 'Geez, this is ridiculous.' You just see through all that sort of stuff. I never liked those Deep Purples or those sort of things. I always hated it. I always thought it was a poor man's Led Zeppelin.
I feel like looking in the mirror when you brush your teeth, yes, I see lines, and then I smile and I see things here and there. But that's just, you know, you - that's your journey, you know?
I don't want to be Angelina Jolie. Not that Angelina Jolie is not the most talented, beautiful, successful, amazing, admirable person who does good things for the world, but I don't want to be a movie star like that.
Building is just skilled labor, I suppose. It's a lot of work. I don't mind other people building them, but the way things go together and are made is interesting to me; I like that a lot.
I've done teaching and things like that because if you're acting, you're becoming other human beings, and you need to have time to find who you are as well.
It seems to me that Islam and Christianity and Judaism all have the same god, and he's telling them all different things.
I didn't like children. I didn't think of myself as a child. I didn't like any of the things other children were interested in.
In college you have the license to do things you'll never do again, so have fun with it.
You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.
It's interesting - what are you willing to give up in terms of your privacy for access to other people? For access to things you think you desperately need. Ultimately, it's that old saying, isn't it? If the service is free, then the product is you. The thing being sold is you. There's a product for sale in you and your data.
Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control.
People do stupid things in the heat of the moment. I've been in Vegas where I've gotten married for, like, five minutes.
I think that to a very great extent we are partners with the divine in this enterprise called history. That is an ongoing relationship, and there is absolutely no guarantee that things will automatically work out to our best advantage.
People who hardly ever cook at all, suddenly at the holidays, feel like it's their responsibility to not only cook dinner for large groups of people suddenly, but to serve things that are fussy or fancy or formal. And I don't think that's what anybody really wants, especially if you're not good at it.
Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.
