The only thing that remained consistent over the years was my ability and enthusiasm to tell the story.
I grew up as an only child. My parents weren't great conversationalists. We had a quiet house. I'm not very verbal.
Man is the only animal that can be skinned more than once.
I can only control my own performance. If I do my best, then I can feel good at the end of the day.
Part of the lesbian consciousness is an absolute recognition of the erotic within our lives and, taking that a step further, dealing with the erotic not only in sexual terms.
Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy, you can't build on it it's only good for wallowing in.
The biggest part of Loopt is about discovering the world around you, never replacing a social experience - only adding to it.
In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right.
But the dream is never forgotten, only put aside and never out of reach: Where once the dream connected boys with the world of men, now it reconnects men with the spirit of boys.
Well, there are some things that I just can't get out of my head, and they start to annoy me after a while. Sometimes they're of my own creation, as well - and they're just as annoying. It's not only other people's ear worms that bug me, it's my own, as well.
A judge can't have any preferred outcome in any particular case. The judge's only obligation - and it's a solemn obligation - is to the rule of law.
There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
I remember an article, I can't recall who by, it was after the fall of the Berlin Wall, which said that now the Wall was down, there could be no more class war. Only someone with money could ever say such a thing.
Commissioners are obsessed with young people, which is funny because they don't watch telly - only old people do.
A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away.
I don't believe there is a separation of church and state. I think the Constitution is very clear. The only separation is that there will not be a government church.
Life that only a few hours before had glowed with enthusiasm and exultation, suddenly paled and sickened.
I am a very conscientious golfer. I count every stroke. I learned to play that way. That is the only way I can play. It taught me to be honest. There is no greater virtue than honesty.
When I came into the Perry family, it was one of those deals where it was the only family I had. I didn't have a father figure growing up like that, somebody who genuinely cared about me. Governor Perry taught me how to be a good man.
Certain people have certain ways of focusing on things, and some arrange their lens to a pinhole in order to focus only on their goal. Others have a giant lens, and they take in the whole panorama. I was that pinhole kind of person.
Any of the social changes in American history are because people thought there was injustice. We have to show that this corporate welfare and cronyism is unjust - and that it's not only rigging the system so people get wealthy who don't deserve to get wealthy.
Curiosity killed the cat, but where human beings are concerned, the only thing a healthy curiosity can kill is ignorance.
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.
Sometimes when you're acting, you only need a little bit of something to sort of channel or, you know, transport into a place.
One can be a brother only in something. Where there is no tie that binds men, men are not united but merely lined up.
I inherited a sick economy and passed on a sound one. But one abiding regret for me is that, in between, I did not have the resources to put in place the educational and social changes about which I cared to much; I made only a beginning, and it was not enough.
Let us all take more responsibility, not only for ourselves and our families but for our communities and our country.
Today I love myself as I love my god: who could charge me with a sin today? I know only sins against my god; but who knows my god?
We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.
The only way that we can win over potential jihadists to liberal democracy is by winning the battle of ideas.
What is different is I am giving the kids a chance to train every day. Not only once a day, but sometimes when they do not have school, we will try to do something in the morning too.
In the beginning I had a real work problem. Every time I had job I had to convince the immigration authorities I was the only man for that job and get a special work permit until I went under contract to MGM.
America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only if it consists of all of us.
People often ask me why I don't take up more heroine-oriented roles. My question is, 'Where are these roles?' I really appreciate actresses who sign only films with meaty roles. However, there aren't too many of them. The industry is simply male-dominated.
