Нравственные поблажки из разряда «я был хорош сегодня, значит могу себя немного побаловать» — не работают и приводят к ухудшению ситуации.

Сила воли — навык, поддающийся тренировке и развитию.

В случае наступления прогресса важно не начать гордиться собой, а вспомнить ради чего вы всё затеяли в первую очередь.

Сила воли заразна, как и заразные цели. В компании целеустремлённых людей проще ставить цели и достигать их.

Медитация позволяет сохранять контроль над собой.

Нужно поддерживать одинаковый уровень глюкозы в крови, чтобы мозг не переключался в состояние стресса.

Достаточно сделать 5-6 глубоких вдохов, чтобы поймать себя на желании совершить импульсивный поступок, который на самом деле совершать не нужно.

В случае срыва важно сразу начать всё заново, а не «заедать стресс», как делают люди, пытающиеся похудеть.

В критических ситуациях нужно остановится и спланировать свои действия.

Шимпанзе не может придумать себе оправдание «отложу начало пробежек на понедельник». Мы должны руководствоваться долгосрочной перспективой, принимая решения.

What does it take to win in New Hampshire? Grass roots and financial resources.

When people tell you what doesn't work, they're usually right. When they tell you how to fix it, they're usually wrong.

It turns out that advancing equal opportunity and economic empowerment is both morally right and good economics, because discrimination, poverty and ignorance restrict growth, while investments in education, infrastructure and scientific and technological research increase it, creating more good jobs and new wealth for all of us.

Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women's ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men's tennis.

In childhood I developed a serious throat infection, and my heart stopped beating. I recovered from that illness with a voice that boomed forth like Kate Smith's!

I try to make myself look as normal as possible because I like people to relate to me.

Even though I resigned as Papandreou's adviser early in 2006 and turned into his government's staunchest critic during his mishandling of the post-2009 Greek implosion, my public interventions in the debate on Greece and Europe have carried no whiff of Marxism.

Learn what pitch you can hit good; then wait for that pitch.

Happiness comes from the full understanding of your own being.

Strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive.

When I'm filming, I try to get a facial two weeks before I start shooting and then again once I've wrapped. On set they tend to use a lot of make-up, so I like to prepare my skin right before, and then unclog all my pores right after.

Obviously, when I had the scare with the blood clots, I mean, that's the kind of thing that you don't want to have happen, obviously, and you worry about what it means for the rest of your career.

I think, often, people who run away are people who got into things most enthusiastically, and then they want more. They just demand more of life than what is happening in the moment. Sometimes this is a great mistake, as it's always a good deal different than you expect it.

We don't want to put a band-aid on our problems that we keep talking about in society; we want to get down to the nitty gritty and do some surgery.

I wish I were as good a man as my son is.

Red carpets and dressing up are a part of work that I enjoy less than some people.

If one thinks of oneself as free, one is free, and if one thinks of oneself as bound, one is bound. Here this saying is true, “As one thinks, so one becomes”.

The best way to waste your life, is by taking notes. The easiest way to avoid living is to just watch. Look for the details. Report. Don't participate.

We may repeat the awful revolutionary history of the 20th century because of the vulnerability of social movements to demagoguery.

You can't control the fact that you are born a white man or born into wealth. When people say, 'Check your privilege,' they're saying, 'Acknowledge how these factors helped you move through life.' They're not saying apologize for it.

It's better for me to go up against someone's passion with my passion and then clarifying something that he wrote. Then I know how to work around certain things.

But the guitar when you think about it is the most versatile really. I mean you can pick it up and take it with you wherever you go.

Actually punching is a mistake; a heavy hitter will cut you with one shot.

Growing up, my mom had a catering business. I used to help her pretty early on and loved doing it. My mom is an amazing cook, and she helped me cultivate a love for food. She taught me that food can be beautiful. We eat not just for survival, but we survive to eat. It's part of who I am.