I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I don't think that's only reserved for people who have horrible upbringings. I think it really exists and is part of the human condition. I think in the course of your life you figure out ways to deal with that.
You have to decide if you're going to wilt like a daisy or if you're just going to go forward and live the life that you've been granted.
Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without it.
I think my original inspiration came from just natural curiosity about science and math and biology. In particular, I would say that, as I matured, it became more a feeling of trying to avoid the waste that occurs in the world where we have 6.5 billion minds. If you're a computer scientist, you can think of them as supercomputers.
You don't spread democracy with a barrel of a gun.
I believe that it is a whole lifetime of work on Shakespeare's part that enabled him to do what he did. But the question is how you can explain this whole lifetime in such a way to make it accessible and available to us, to me.
You know how much money the oil companies have? If you need some gas, just go fill your tank off and drive off - they're not going to miss it.
Just practice hard and stay grounded. Treat people like you want to be treated and work hard.
From the rough, I'd use a 6-iron, play the ball back an inch or two and swing down on a steeper angle to catch the ball first. It also helps to aim slightly left and open the clubface at address. You'll get more height on the shot, and the club will cut through the grass more easily.
President Clinton knew the course and goes, 'Here's what you want to do here.' By the fourth hole, you wanted to hit him with your putter.
You know, as an only child, you're kind of in a bubble, and there are all sorts of things about my childhood that I still can't really place.
You don't move just because you want to go from this point to that point - the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words.
Since 1980, we've used reconciliation 22 times, and out of those times, Republicans used it 16 times. So, earth to my Republican friends, you can have your option but you cannot change these facts. They're in the Congressional Record.
The hardest situation to stay happy in, I think, is when you're trying to find love, and yourself at the same time. It just doesn't seem to fit well.
The first time you go on holiday is the test of a relationship, when you really find out if you're compatible or not. You find out what's annoying about that person, and whether or not you're willing to put up with that because you love them and you don't want to be alone.
Subconciously, the things you listen to and you believe in, those things are going to come out, you know what I mean? I think you take that and make it your sound; that's what I do when I'm putting together genres of music.
I think if a movie makes you cry, you probably needed to cry.
If you don't believe in yourself, then who will believe in you? The next man's way of getting there might not necessarily work for me, so I have to create my own ways of getting there.
There's a lot of stuff you've gotta know about Auto-Tune before you can start using it, because it's the hot thing to do.
If you want to understand geology, study earthquakes. If you want to understand the economy, study the Depression.
No one can hand you anything as a dancer. You have to earn it.
The Internet is so crazy, and you're exposed to so many things. In an hour, you can really jump around.
The mask can be a limitation, but you just deal with it. You do get superhuman strength and pumpkin bombs and all this other stuff to express yourself with.'
In the late 1960s, I was working as an usher for the New York stage production of 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.'
That's kind of just the nature of our business, is that you're really putting a lot of energy and time and care into something that isn't necessarily going to last forever.
Some kids are good at math, some kids can run, and acting was an interest of mine. Because I knew you could do it for a living I decided, that's what I'm going to do.
Even if you have nothing in your wallet, nothing can keep you from having a great summer. You can listen to crickets sing you to sleep, trace the Big Dipper, breathe in the stars, run through a sprinkler, host a cartwheel contest in the front yard.
If you talk to anyone who's done a stair fall, there's not one stair fall, no matter how many pads you have on or how protected you are, where you don't hurt something really bad.
Doctors are fantastic, but they err on the side of caution. But you can push yourself. You're not going to die from pain.
The mint makes it first, it is up to you to make it last.
At 20, you're cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong.
It's like Willie Nelson. You're an artist and you have different styles inside of you.
You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It's one of the major happinesses. And so much more lasting than love, so much less costly in emotional wear and tear.
Sure I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are, and be proud of that.
Calvin Klein is such an iconic brand in fashion, so I feel like working with them means you're definitely doing something right. They bring validation to someone, not only in the fashion community but in someone's career, which is why it was such an honor to work with them.
What actor do you really take seriously who becomes a singer? It's kind of ridiculous. I can't think of anybody.
