Something in me wanted to find out how far I could run without stopping.

Something in me wanted to find out how far I could run without stopping.

I'm always just excited about every opportunity that comes my way.

If I hadn't turned out to be a filmmaker, I would have been a musician.

I went to the bank and asked to borrow a cup of money. They said, "What for?" I said, "I'm going to buy some sugar."

For me, music is in the choice of what not to play as much as in what you've chosen to play.

Music is just kind of an expression of who I am. It's what I do.

When something works on a huge level, everybody does it.

When we say gender is performed, we usually mean that we've taken on a role or we're acting in some way and that our acting or our role playing is crucial to the gender that we are and the gender that we present to the world.

I've never been pushy. People have said I should have been, more, but I'm not sure. I've watched hugely ambitious people: the minute they've got a success, they know where it's going, they know how to deal with it, and it all happens for them. Great. But that's not the way I - well, I don't like to use the word 'operate'.

I trust people to be human. Sometimes you do things that make amazing amounts of sense; sometimes you do things that don't make any sense whatsoever.

I am an immigrant with a Green Card and, therefore, I am not eligible to vote in a federal election.

The Amateur Marriage grew out of the reflection that of all the opportunities to show differences in character, surely an unhappy marriage must be the richest.

'Affable' is the word that often comes up from reporters, even staunch critics, who meet Lou Dobbs for the first time.

I love technology, and I don't think it's something that should divide along gender lines.

Investing in gold is one of the wisest decisions that you can make as an investor.

The sun the moon the stars the birds the animals the flowers are all proof that a universal power exists.

I love what I do, and I just remember that every breath and every moment is a gift and it can be taken away at any time, so I want to appreciate it and be grateful for it while it's here.

I'm just an ordinary, walking-down-the-street, mother of two children who sings for her supper.

My novel 'Wolf Brother' is set in northern Scandinavia during the late Stone Age, so I was aware from the start of Norse influences. I used some Norse names, and the soul-eater Thiazzi is based on the Norse storm giant, Thiassi.

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything – anger, anxiety, or possessions – we cannot be free.

It's never been easier to share your ideas and passions with the world.

One of the very rewarding aspects of my work has been the interaction with a superb group of colleagues and friends in the atmospheric sciences community.

I could be winning the decathlon in high school, which I've won twice, yet, if my dad is in the audience, 'Oh look! It's Anthony Quinn.' And I'm like, 'Hello? Kid just got a gold medal. Hello? I'm over here.'

God spoke to me and called me to His Service. What form this service was to take the voice did not say.

A lot of the characters I play have problems, they are marginalised, they have serious psychological problems, problems with relationships, with childhood. These are big subjects, big subjects. You can't balk at work like that. As an actor, that's as good as it gets.