You know, I think when I reflect on it, I think there's certainly a sense of history. When you have ambitions to play this game, you want to be one of the best ever, and you want to play so well and be so effective that you want people to remember your name 100 years from now.
I have sometimes thought the power of computers had exceeded our ability to use them, but Mr. Jobs and his team kept giving us devices that made indispensable things easier in ways you never thought of.
The other thing is surrounding yourself with people that care for you. These are simple things, but they're powerful, and they've completely transformed who I am and how I perceive myself.
You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.
I feel ups and downs are a part of one's career, and this totally depends on how you take it. You can either be knocked down by the negative things, or you can take it in a positive way and learn from it.
This is a struggle for the soul of the Democratic Party, which in too many cases has become so corporate and identified with corporate interests that you can't tell the difference between Democrats and Republicans.
You make a film and you don't know who it's going to appeal to.
One of the problems in our lives is that people from different segments of our society just don't communicate with each other, nor do you ever see entertainment where they communicate with each other and fight with each other.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Right from day one, you know when you've written a good song.
You're not fully you until life has booted you in the behind.
You can't allow people freedom and then change your mind when the things don't go your way.
Thank you for sending me a copy of your book - I'll waste no time reading it.
If you believe, you believe; if you're faithful, you're faithful. I don't care what your religion is. The same if you're agnostic. That should be accepted, too.
What does Burma have to give the United States? We can give you the opportunity to engage with people who are ready and willing to change a society.
When you're literally carrying a child you can cut back on bad habits.
You can tell a lot about a man from his hands. If they don't have any scars or calluses on them, you might as well assume they cry at romantic comedy films, too.
One thing which I know about this world of glamour is that it is better to have people talking about you than not being talked about at all.
In the world of money and investing, you must learn to control your emotions.
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
I'm beginning to get pigeonholed as the girl who plays the crazies and weirdoes - and that's not the entirety of who I am. Hopefully, the whole point of being in this profession is that you change into anyone you want to be.
You can't win if nobody catches the ball in the outfield. You're only as good as the team you have behind you.
People asked, 'So what are you - a multimillionaire?' I like to say, 'A billionaire wanna-be.'
Like they said about The West Wing, you can't do a show about Washington until you can.
We just said, 'Okay, you're in the movie. Bring what you would bring for a three-day weekend and I hope you like the way you look in it because once you're on camera, that's your wardrobe.' But it worked; it worked and we were very surprised.
The older you get, the more you realize you're drifting toward a direction, and sometimes your significant other drifts into an opposite direction. You can't blame anybody for it.
We'll probably live 20 more years than our grandparents did. The question is, what are you going to do with those extra 20 years?
When you're a mom and you have three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.
In this business, you gotta hustle.
If I don't have anything to sacrifice, I don't have anything to gain. From the Bible I have learned if you want something good, you must sacrifice.
I have this whole theory that whether it's in your personal life or in your business life, you have to establish a culture of generosity wherever you are.
If you know me, you know that nothing embarrasses me. Anything could happen to me on live television, and I sincerely don't care.
You can't be taught to be brainy. You've either got it or you don't.
They can't take your house and give it to the mayor's mistress, even if they pay you for it. But they can, apparently, take your house and tear it down to make room for a development of trendy shops and restaurants, a hotel and so on.
He is very dry but also very funny... I think people tend to feel odd when I do my act. Unless you are an ironic person, it's not a good place for you to be.
I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not going to follow it.
