General quotes
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Before the Second World War, I believed in the perfectability of social man; that a correct structure of society produced goodwill; and that, therefore, you could remove all social ills by a reorganisation of society. It is possible that I believe something of the same again; but after the war, I did not because I was unable to.
The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.
Roots are not in landscape or a country, or a people, they are inside you.
The heart of the theater is the play itself, how it dramatizes life to make it meaningful entertainment. To achieve depth and universality, the playwright must subject himself to intense critique, to know human character and behavior, and finally to construct art from the most mundane of human experience.
When you get into a hotel room, you lock the door, and you know there is a secrecy, there is a luxury, there is fantasy. There is comfort. There is reassurance.
Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments.
Of course I am tough, but I am smart, too. I'm more smart than tough. People watching my record and say that this guy is tough. This is not about tough; this is about mind. You think when you fight. This is about everything.
If the Internet has been called a great democratizer, perhaps what social media has done is let anyone enter the beauty pageant. Teens can cover up pimples, whiten teeth, and even airbrush with the swipe of a finger, curating their own image to become prettier, thinner, and hotter.
Comparison is an act of violence against the self.
I don't design clothes, I design dreams.
Nobody's going to tell me that my dog doesn't love me. That's crazy talk.
Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.
As I read more and more — and it was not all verse, by any means — my love for the real life of words increased until I knew that I must live with them and in them, always. I knew, in fact, that I must be a writer of words, and nothing else.
The possible is constantly being redefined, and I care deeply about helping humanity move forward.
A man should never neglect his family for business.
My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with. Don't be disabled in spirit as well as physically.
The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'
Once we decided to be in this industry, we have to be ready for everything. You have to be strong but hard working. No pain, no gain.
Do we have to be rail thin to possess 'outer beauty' and sex appeal and to be capable of attracting lovers?
Leadership is influence.
