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Without mathematics, there's nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers.
It's fun to have a partner who understands your life and lets you be you.
You can't copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling.
The thing that surprised me the most is just how much money women that weren't rich were paying for their hair. When you're in a beauty parlor in Harlem next to abandoned buildings and somebody's paying five grand for a weave, that's a bit much.
Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.
Food, to me, is always about cooking and eating with those you love and care for.
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
I think it's important for an actor to see the work they've done because every time you revisit a work you come up with a new way of improving it. It's a good way to brush up your craft and your skills, so I think it's a good thing to do, keep seeing your films.
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.
Always write your ideas down however silly or trivial they might seem. Keep a notebook with you at all times.
'Who do you think you are?' That's the big one, isn't it? A flourishing life depends on how you answer that.
Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are.
If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
You know, my friends, with what a brave
carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house;
favored old barren reason from my bed,
and took the daughter of the vine to spouse.
Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way.
Every job is good if you do your best and work hard. A man who works hard stinks only to the ones that have nothing to do but smell.
If you change the way you tell your own story, you can change the colour and create a life in technicolour.
If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad. If you have time, don't wait for time.
When you run a part of the relay and pass on the baton, there is no sense of unfinished business in your mind. There is just the sense of having done your part to the best of your ability. That is it. The hope is to pass on the baton to somebody who will run faster and run a better marathon.
