Another day is another chance to be a better version of ourselves. If we hope to meet people with amazing characters and souls, what better way to begin than to show them the best example.

We have the power to be anyone we want to be... But we have the responsibility to make sure that our power is not blinded by our pride.

Kindness and humility shows the depth in our character.

There are no words that can bring you down unless you allow them to.

We often look at others and envy the person they have become. Have you ever wondered how many people are feeling the same way about you? That puts things into perspective.

Courage is gained when we explore our deepest feelings, face our fears and trust our inner strength.

The war is not planned. I don't believe that any responsible person plans it. But it's thought as possible.

I've always liked texts that you immediately understand. I suppose the playwrights who really speak to me are Edward Bond, Joe Orton and Harold Pinter. I've been in six different Pinter productions - I love the clarity of his language. He has this way of using words - there's a thrill to them.

I was a bratty little sister. I was the youngest of three, and I often felt as though I didn't fit in.

In 'Billy Madison,' I worked with Adam before anyone really knew he was Adam Sandler.

The best way to eat is to eat lots of different kinds of foods. Except for breast milk, no one food is perfect.

The work ethic at art school is completely different than the work ethic amongst people who get into music. People who paint, it's an honorable thing to spend all day and all night in front of your canvas - that is the romantic vision of the painter.

It's not like it's hard to be decent and respectful and well-behaved. I do wait in line, and I do take the subway, and I do do my own grocery shopping, and I do take the kids to school.

Diners are upset that restaurants aren't honoring reservations, and a lot of restaurants help bring this on by overbooking.

I am very proud to have kept my commitment to introduce the married couples' tax allowance. I think it will prove very popular. I think it's absolutely right that we recognise marriage in the tax system properly, and I would like to see that expanded.

You can make a difference, and you can make it now. You can make a difference, in your own life, in your family, your community, your world.

As technology breaks down the physical barriers of college campuses, the extraordinary intellectual capital of the educator community is becoming available to anyone committed to learning - regardless of age, income or location.

Corporations have been killing the risk-taking and exploration that makes software great. They have tried to rip the soul out of development.

After the war, I went to the BBC monitoring service in Caversham, a suburb of Reading. It was a big aerial system to listen to radio programmes all over the world.

I couldn't stand back and watch the strong economy that my father envisioned go to ruins.

I always say, decisions I make, I live with them. There's always ways you can correct them or ways you can do them better. At the end of the day, I live with them.

Instead, I was interested in what I guess I could call narrative indeterminacy, in questioning the apparent, taken-for-granted authority of any particular representation of the events in question.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Close elections tend to break toward the challenger because undecided voters - having held out so long against the incumbent - are by nature looking for change.

I can be an incredibly fabulous person, and I don't have to be in the highest heels, the tallest wig, the skimpiest outfit.

Always go with the choice that scares you the most because thats the one that is going to require the most from you.

I learned through experience that it doesn't work for me to talk about my personal life. I've had earlier times in my career when I did talk about it.

Well, for us, it's always better not to have too many expectations and to just go with the flow because then it's always a big plus no matter what happens.

Love the moment and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries.

So it's true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.