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I try to forget about the expectation that's out there and the audience listening for the next thing so that I'm not trying to please them. I've spent a huge amount of time not communicating with those folks and denying that they exist.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

When you're in a situation, you can complain about it, you can feel sorry for yourself, you can do a lot of things. But how are you gonna make the situation better?

Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another.

My father is a real idealist, and he's all about learning. If I asked for a pair of Nikes growing up, it was just a resounding 'No.' But if I asked for a saxophone, one would appear and next day and I'd be signed up for lessons. So anything to do with education or learning, my father would spare no expense.

Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.

Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pocket. But I found it would be too long; and the age of the great epics is past.

It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how Nature is. Physics concerns what we say about Nature.

I believe that Gandhi was correct. Non-violent civil disobedience is the only way to bring about change that allows people to enjoy the change and not get killed in the process.

If I told you about all the stories I don't tell, I would be violating the very boundaries I set for myself.

Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't!

Now, one thing I tell everyone is learn about real estate. Repeat after me: real estate provides the highest returns, the greatest values and the least risk.

Knowing is not understanding. There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it.

Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.

It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it.

Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations.

One thing about a skater: they never quit. So a skater, to sum it up, is awesome.

Everyone knows what the Masters is, even if you're a non-golfer. People know what Wimbledon is. They know what the Super Bowl is. There are certain events that people just know about.

It used to be that we disagreed over the basic facts we were fighting over, and we had different opinions about them. Now I think we accept different sources of authority. ... And people can establish credibility on their own say-so as long as nobody follows the trail and calls them out on it.

I loved writing for kids, I loved talking to children about what I'd written, I don't want to leave that behind.

Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams.

In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?

The rate of return on Social Security for people nearing retirement is about 1.5 percent. By the time young children like mine are ready to retire, that rate of return will be a negative percentage.

How did we win the election in the year 2000? We talked about a humble foreign policy: No nation-building; don't police the world. That's conservative, it's Republican, it's pro-American - it follows the founding fathers. And, besides, it follows the Constitution.

Meditation is all about the pursuit of nothingness. It's like the ultimate rest. It's better than the best sleep you've ever had. It's a quieting of the mind. It sharpens everything, especially your appreciation of your surroundings. It keeps life fresh.

I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.

I'm definitely a Polaroid camera girl. For me, what I'm really excited about is bringing back the artistry and the nature of Polaroid.