There are conscious reasons and unconscious reasons why I pick something. You know, I have to be moved by the story and usually that means it has to touch me in some kind of personal place.
I split my commission and personal work about 50 per cent each. It is important to get that balance in life.
The only realistic view is that a human life arises gradually, which is not much help in making personal decisions or devising public policy.
I like to cross the divide between the personal world and the scientific world.
My life experience confirms that the U.S. government frequently overclassifies data. But that's a stronger argument for not dumping large volumes of government traffic on an unclassified personal server than it is a justification for retroactively challenging classification decisions.
I believe that we should allow younger workers to contribute toward a personal account that they own, as long as it is coupled with deficit reduction measures that enhance the long-term condition of Social Security.
Cut your morning devotions into your personal grooming. You would not go out to work with a dirty face. Why start the day with the face of your soul unwashed?
Among our own people also the church sorely needs clergy in close touch with the ordinary life of the laity, living the life of ordinary men, sharing their difficulties and understanding their trials by close personal experience.
It was never in my dreams to make my personal life anybody else's business.
But there is a corollary to freedom and that's personal responsibility, and the real challenge is how you generate that personal responsibility without imposing it.
I don't really talk too much about my personal life, but I'm happy.
Enron and 9/11 marked the end of an era of individual freedom and the beginning of personal responsibility.
The American middle class's faith in personal comfort as an end in itself is, in essence, a denial of life. And it has been imposed upon American writers and playwrights strongly enough to cut them off from their deeper sources.
A large part of my career achievements are due to having the courage to ask for what I needed, whether in a professional or personal context.
It's curious how we act in moments of personal despair.
That's another thing about today's stars that makes me glad that I'm not doing it any more. The stars come with ten people all around them. I don't know how you ever make any personal contact with them.
And roast beef and Yorkshire pudding is my personal signature dish.
The most personal track would have to be 'Love The Way We Used To.' It's one of the songs that I listen to outside of all the records that I wrote.
'Party Down' was one of the most magical, special experiences of my professional career. Also special in my personal life, too. I made really good friends, and I had just a great time, and it was a great part.
The role of Premier is not one that should be taken lightly, nor is it a personal trophy.
I left Facebook after Facebook groups began appearing about me and suddenly your personal photographs start becoming public property.
Make decisions about the President's personal security. He can overrule you, but don't ask him to be the one to counsel caution.
My parents and my grandmother inspire me every day and, every day, in my work and personal life.
'Marley and Me' was a book I was proud of and believed in, but I thought it would just have a modest audience because it is such a personal story about my marriage and my family.
HERO is a combination of my personal feeling and the commercialism.
I think that you can disagree with people and debate over their positions with issues without engaging in the politics of personal destruction.
Some people in LA are addicted. They have to be here. My personal life is stronger than my professional life, in terms of priorities.
A poor self-image is the magnifying glass that can transform a trivial mistake or an imperfection into an overwhelming symbol of personal defeat.
On a personal level, I send out about 20 thank-you notes a day to staffers, on all levels. And every six weeks I have lunch with a group of a dozen or so employees, to get their perspective on the business, to address problems and to get feedback.
I've been very fortunate to be with Coach Saban this long, learned a lot of football from him. It's been kind of the key to my personal success out of the places that I've coached.
My personal conviction is that science is concerned wholly with truth, not with ethics.
People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness.
Was Islam spread by them through force and coercion? No. They preached Islam by personal example.
We all leave personal legacies for the people we know and love.
We have good security. It's hard to get in here. Barring a tactical entry where terrorists come in and hold us hostage, that's about the only thing that could possibly warrant me carrying a gun in the clubhouse. That's highly unlikely, and I admit that. But my personal belief is I don't want to suffer from the poor choices of others.
I think we do have our true, original stories that work. I can tell you that 'The King's Speech,' which we did, became a worldwide smash because people loved the personal story.
