②轻视、蔑视 — 既得志，则纵情以傲物

①骄傲、傲慢

③傲然自得

②包取，据有(包举：全部占有)

①并列，挨着

②比较，相比

No matter how you choose to act, that is the person you will become.

A blank page has more power than a full page with blind thoughts.

Goodbyes make you think. They make you realize what you've had, what you've lost, and what you've taken for granted.

So this anchoring in some way, in some important way in the past without repeating the past, but on the basis of the past building something new: that is what is important.

Momentum? Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher.

I'm very interested in the impact of biotechnology on the way people live.

My concentration and focus level tends to go down sometimes when Im in a bad mood.

Privatisation splits hospital services into increasingly small packages.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

It is not difficult to deceive the first time for the deceived possesses no antibodies and is unvaccinated by suspicion.

There are so many artists who get to my age that get comfortable and just stick in a groove, and I really don't want to do that.

You can find the whole world of a film in one instrument, or you can find a world of sound in the orchestra.

In the Upanishads they talk about the path of the sun and the path of the moon. The path of the moon is rebirth. The path of the sun leads to self-knowledge, from which there is no return.

The only difference between a good writer who publishes a book and a good writer who doesn't is that the writer who publishes actually finished her book.

Oh man, I would definitely love to work with Kanye on something. But it really is all up to him, so whatever he wants to do, I'm with it.

Petting scratching and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

While we face economic obstacles that challenge every decision made in Washington, decisions made merely for political gain must stop. It's time to restore civility in Congress. It's time for action where action is needed - all politics aside.

In neurotics, worm phobias are usually found as well as snake phobias.

It is time for us to focus on the issues that bring us together as a nation. Supporting parents' capacity to raise their children with the love and resources they need is simply the right thing to do.

In the late summer of 1986, the band I had been in for five years stopped playing. Suddenly, I was on my own. This new state of bandlessness was, at first, traumatic. When your group breaks up, a lot of broken parts hit the ground.

Make your goals big and broad enough so that they never become answered prayers and boomerang to curse you.

Life is a lot like skateboarding.

A sketch is just a mini movie.

I was tagged early as the prototypical white player, the guy with the intangibles - the smart player, the guy who did all the right things.