Идея №3. Будьте проактивны и берите в руки контроль над своей жизнью

Идея №1. Если вы хотите действительно измениться, недостаточно изменить свои привычки и поведение, нужно развивать свой характер

Идея №2. Мы все смотрим на мир и судим о нем исходя из своих парадигм. Чтобы измениться, нужно понять свои парадигмы и согласовать их с универсальными принципами

Идея №4. Всегда «Затачивайте пилу» — не останавливайтесь в личном развитии

Идея №5. Начинайте, представляя конечную цель

Идея №6. В нашем мире зачастую сложнее выбрать не между хорошим и плохим, а между хорошим и лучшим. Чтобы сделать правильный выбор, руководствуйтесь не «часами», а «компасом»

Идея №7. Уделяйте главное внимание главным вещам

I think it's the business part of the word show business that causes me the most concern.

My parents were divorced when I was young. I was really brought up by my mother's side of the family.

I'm a huge fan of good, procedural-type shows on television... there are a lot of roles for women. But there aren't a lot of great network television roles for girls that will let you start a character in one place and finish up with her in a totally different one.

You go down some street - no doubt it's there, and we have to do something about it, and our programmes are designed to do that - but if that's a picture of Newcastle, it's not the one I recognise and I bet none in the North East do either.

I don't think men get enough flowers. A deeper pink or red peonies are my favorite. But I'll take anything, really.

Vietnam was what we had instead of happy childhoods.

I think it is the responsibility of anyone involved in politics to always think of what Japan can do to contribute more to the peace and stability not just of Japan and the region but of the entire world.

Our partnership with the American Warren Buffett, from my perspective, is aimed at creating more jobs.

I was first influenced by a friend in fifth grade when he brought a Walkman to school and was listening to 'Paradise City' by Guns 'N Roses, which he had concealed within his hoodie. He put the headphones over my ears and I was completely blown away by what I heard. I'll never forget that.

The doer alone learneth.

For the sake of our health, our children and grandchildren and even our economic well-being, we must make protecting the planet our top priority.

The totality of a record is usually beyond ones ability to imagine when you start working on it, but the component parts are, usually, fairly clear one way or another.

The official independence celebration was going to be held over four or five days, and a group of journalists from all over the world was allowed to fly in, because Angola was closed otherwise.

Middle-aged women on telly is a bit of a hot topic - before, we were 27 to 37, and now we're 40 to 50. You do notice as you get older... you go past 35, and suddenly you're playing baddies.

You dont go into anything contemplating failure because if you did you wouldnt make it.

Preserving the 30-year prepayable fixed-rate mortgage - it's like the bedrock of the housing system - is critical.

The wisest one-word sentence? Breathe.

The wonderful 17th Century poet, Robert Herrick, wrote a poem entitled, 'To Live Merrily and to Trust to Good Verses.' Easy to say, Robert Herrick; not always easy to do. But it's a good slogan, I think.

My own parents divorced when I was six. I was raised with my brother Joel by our mother on the East Coast, visiting my father in Los Angeles during holidays. When your parents are divorced, you don't know anything else, do you?

I am happy now in this moment which is all there is.

The purpose of the minority is to become the majority.

No, I do not identify with the right wing.

Times are hard and friends are few.

That is what great athletes can do: they give us a model of striving for human perfection.