For me, living in the closet corroded my ability to have an honest, open relationship with my God, my loved ones, my constituency and myself.
I am very grateful to God everyday that my eyes flutter open and I can jump out of that bed!
It is such a luxury to open a new book that's highly recommended by friends - either an inspirational yet humorously self-deprecating memoir, or a page-turning piece of fiction.
In order to cultivate a set of leaders with legitimacy in the eyes of the citizenry, it is necessary that the path to leadership be visibly open to talented and qualified individuals of every race and ethnicity.
I was a bit of a big mouth my whole life. I'm a person who expresses themselves with a lot of openness.
You learn if you mind stay open. And once you can't learn no more, your mind must be closed. Life goes on and you keep growing, you know?
Our increasing ability to alter our biology and open up the processes of life is now fueling a new cultural war.
When you were on stage, you could be absolutely open about your emotions and indulge them and express yourself in a way that - in real life - I wasn't doing.
For a long time I tried to manage an honesty and openness about my personal life because I'm human and I'm normal - well, semi-normal.
I like someone who embraces life; who wants to be on a long journey but has no particular plan or destination in mind. An adventurous man, open to the concept of living life in the moment.
In life, when stuff happens the instinct is to close off your heart. By leaving your heart open, it leaves room for someone else to come in.
I'm a believer in just open, free-form creativity, and you never know the surprises that life has in store, and that, purely on a creative level, there's no such thing as rules.
I like to think the price I paid by being open about my private life helped.
I am always the better for open-air breathing, and was certainly meant for the wandering life of the Indian.
I think that would be ungrateful if I were upset because I'm seen as attractive or sexy. That's opened so many doors for me in my life.
I've been vegan since I got out of the hospital... It's another eye opener. It changed my life in a number of ways.
I believe that if you'll just stand up and go, life will open up for you.
Bottom line: if you show a genuine interest in learning about how others became successful, you can open up a world of opportunities.
I think that if you keep your eyes and your ears open and you are receptive to learning, there are skills you can get from any job at all.
I guess confidence is the only thing that I take from project to project, but I'm always open to learning everybody's style - the director, the actor I'm working with.
Also, the more you're not focused on showbiz and instead focused on life, learning about other people, and keeping your eyes open and trying to be aware of the world.
