Person
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Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
A good teacher is a determined person.
When we love anyone with our whole hearts, life begins when we are with that person; it is only in their company that we are really and truly alive.
A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.
I suppose being fierce is a very good thing, and a very cool thing. But more than fierce, I think I'm a strong person and a strong individual. And that's what I take with me every day.
It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees a person may own. If he cannot use words to move an idea from one point to another, his education is incomplete.
I am not a passive person, but I chose to fall into a more submissive role in our relationship because I wanted to do everything in my power to make my marriage and family work.
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute.
Anybody can become angry — that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.
I grew up in the South under segregation. So, I know what terrorism feels like — when your father could be taken out in the middle of the night and lynched just because he didn't look like he was in an obeying frame of mind when a white person said something he must do. I mean, that's terrorism, too.
I don't look to find an educated person in the ranks of university graduates, necessarily. Some of the most educated people I know have never been near a university.
There's a constant tension between the excitement of new people and security with one person. If you go with excitement, you create chaos; you hurt people. There's jealousy, and it gets very messy. If you have security, it can be boring, and you die inside because of all the opportunities missed.
A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.
Being a father has been, without a doubt, my greatest source of achievement, pride and inspiration. Fatherhood has taught me about unconditional love, reinforced the importance of giving back and taught me how to be a better person.
Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.
No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.
My parents are very modern. My father is a cosmopolitan person. He always supported the fact that I will be an actress. There is nothing else I would do rather than being an actor.
The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person.