Without pain, there would be no suffering, without suffering we would never learn from our mistakes. To make it right, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, without it, there is no way of life.
My father's a firefighter. He was my whole life. And my brother-in-law and several family members are firefighters.
Though it be in the power of the weakest arm to take away life, it is not in the strongest to deprive us of death.
Although we will both die, and life is utterly meaningless, my time is vastly more important than yours.
I have been a depressed kid. I wanted to lead a quiet life, never wanted to be an actor.
All your life, you live so close to truth, it becomes a permanent blur in the corner of your eye. And when something nudges it into outline, it is like being ambushed by a grotesque.
I was lucky enough to know exactly what I wanted to do when I was growing up. I think one of the hardest things to figure out in life is what your calling is, and what truly makes you happy - not what you want to work at, but what you want to do.
Have you recently been through a challenge, disappointment, break up or disloyalty with somebody in your life? If so, it's important after you've been hurt, to take some time to think like a lion tamer about your pain, so you can tame the possibility of more negativity coming back to bite you again!
I hope to make acting my career for the rest of my life, if I can.
Life tends to be an accumulation of a lot of mundane decisions, which often gets ignored.
I've studied various schools of thought... I acknowledge that some Muslims consider music prohibited, but I've found a lot of evidence from the life of the Prophet to show that he allowed certainly, but even encouraged, music at certain times.
I've always been very impatient. At age 10 I frankly found life boring, and I can remember age 9 having the awful thought, as it seems now looking back on it, A war! That should liven things up a bit!
The things in my songs are the edited highlights of my life. I don't go seeking out strange sexual experiences every day of the week.
The moment the curtain rose on that first ballet, I knew something wonderful and new had come into my life. I can still see the first scene. The ballet was Divertimento No. 15.
I don't really talk too much about my personal life, but I'm happy.
I guess he wanted to see a little more sexual activity because in real life, in bed I think less is more and let the woman come to me. Frankly, I don't even need a woman there.
My life has always been - there's never been a middle. Either I had or I didn't. Either I was up or I was down.
The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.
I feel, you know, empowered because I gave life. I have a son now. I feel like I'm stronger.
I'd say it's been my biggest problem all my life... it's money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true.
Queens is so often treated as a stepchild and labeled as an outer borough. At the very least, if I could help bring more attention to what we need, and what the federal government needs to do to improve the quality of life of people right here in Queens - any way that I can do that, I'm very happy to do that.
I am privileged to do a job I love to do. I would never change any moment from my life.
I worked with the world's greatest talents and then went home to the world's greatest woman. It was, and is, a great life.
I know all's fair in love and war but when you go off and try to be by yourself and it ends up on the front page of the press it's frightening, knowing your life is under such scrutiny.
It's a life of five-card draw, and you know what? When God asked me - I'm fine with the card I got. I'm gonna play this.
City people make most of the fuss about the charms of country life.
I was told having a website would help me. I have yet to figure out why my life story needs to be on the web.
Punk will never be dead to me. It's my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me.
I feel yoga has helped me with everything in my life. Especially my snowboarding; between the strength, flexibility, balance, and meditation aspects of yoga, it has helped me in so many ways!
Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
My song-writing has always been just about my life - usually my worst moments.
Life is a risk.
Dance and I are synonymous, and nobody can take away dance from my life. Also, I cannot look at dance in an inert way; it's my passion, and I get keen on being part of any show or film that has dance!
But on the other hand I believe I'm a private person too, and I enjoy that aspect of my life as well.
The thing about living in the 21st century is you can get to fortysomething and not have anyone major in your life die.
I'm not on Page Six, because I don't have anything salacious happening in my life... unfortunately.