Measurement = Motivation

Make it competitive

“Take 5” Go 5 consecutive days for momentum

Have 3-4 motivators for a goal

Avoid white carbohydrates -bread -cereal -rice (includes brown rice) -pasta -potato -tortilla -fried food

4 hours between meals

Take one day off and eat whatever you want, as much as you want

Eat Protein, Eggs, Beef, Chicken, Fish, Pork, Lentils, Beans, Vegetables, Legumes

It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict it is the need to escape from a harsh reality.

The slogan of progress is changing from the full dinner pail to the full garage.

The reigning mythology of the Northwest is obviously nature, and the reigning mythology of the Northeast corridor is culture.

I did a lot of community theatre and met a manager that worked out of Philadelphia, and she started sending me up to New York for auditions, and I got the part in a play at Manhattan Theatre Club when I was 15.

You don't need a religious background to strive for something good, for genuine compassion and love for others.

For me, true noir is about people who know they are doing the wrong thing, and they do it anyway.

It's really tough to be a Mexican on 'Breaking Bad.'

You want to come home from a tournament with a winner's medal. That's not the fans or the media putting us under pressure, that's the pressure we put ourselves under.

What's so great about Sundance is that they only accept such a small handful of films per year for dramatic competition, so you know when you're going to Sundance that you're going to see top-quality projects.

I play guitar... I like to say that I'm pretty good, but it takes someone else to tell you that you're really good.

We should not clap our hands and mourn, for he is out of trouble. You are still in it.

I get called all kinds of things - an investigative comedian, a comedian activist - I've lost track of what my job title is.

We won't always have the strongest military.

By now, it seems as if everyone has already read Thomas L. Friedman's 'The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century.' It changed the way we think about global business, competitiveness and the implication for far-flung economies, governments, education and more.

When I became a mother, there was no doubt in my mind that it would be the most vital and important job I would ever have because I knew firsthand what it was like not to have a mother.

Some of my first teachers were incredibly tough. You could never sing more than three words without being stopped and having to do it over 20 times. I loved that - that sort of process of dissecting and trying to figure out and master this incredibly mysterious instrument.

Practices such as arranged marriages and restrictions on girls attending school have deep roots, and changing them is a gradual process. Sometimes these problems seem very far away from us here in the United States. But let's remember that even into the 20th century, an American woman could not own property or vote in national elections.

The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.

I didn't think it was special to be able to sing.

What I love most about icons is finding out what's behind them, exploring the price of their power.

I watch cooking change the cook, just as it transforms the food.

If I was to become an icon, then I'd be very happy. I'll need to score a lot of goals, and the team will need to pick up trophies, though.

With digital, you do have the advantage of having an absolutely rock steady image because there's no projector gate, no perforations, no film weaving through a machine. And there's no dust and no scratching.

Oh, tweeting prolifically is the most easy thing in the world. Tweeting prolifically is like somebody saying, 'Boy, you're a really good walker around,' you know. It's not really hard.