My concern for education in New Mexico has always been there. I'm one of those kids that struggled through school, and I feel like I fell through the cracks.
I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study, to get into the habit of doing something that you don't want to do.
In '42,' it's like the '40s where racial equality had come into the consciousness of a lot of people, whereas in the 1900s it was sort of a new thing.
If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
People are pretty much alike. It's only that our differences are more susceptible to definition than our similarities.
Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.
Men reach their sexual peak at eighteen. Women reach theirs at thirty-five. Do you get the feeling that God is playing a practical joke?
I still see myself on TV and think, 'Oh my God, I'm on a television, and there are millions of people watching,' and I get really nervous and embarrassed and insecure.
The Amish like to live a very plain lifestyle, the way they think God intended. It sort of brings you back to, like, 'Little House on the Prairie' days or something.
I have great childhood memories cow-tipping, going off and getting lost in the bog for hours, and coming home covered in dirt.
The Old Vic has always been first and foremost an actors' theatre, a home for great talent and memorable performances.
After 14 years, it better be a real marriage, you know? We do have a great time together. We are really lucky.
Michael Pollan is a champion. In all ways. A man of great integrity, humor, and common sense and kindness.
I love Hawaii. I really enjoy surfing in Oahu, and Waianae is such a great area. And Maui - I like Maui a lot, too.
I want my home to look good, feel good, and smell good. I want it to be inclusive, to reflect the people who live there.
When it all boils down, it's about embracing each others' stories and maybe even finding that synergy to collaborate for the common good.
I'm a good person, I hope. But I'm never as good as I want to be, never as nice as I want to be, never as generous as I want to be.
I had two things I could do: I could run over you, and I could put a good stiff arm on you. That was about it.
The willingness to keep learning is, I think, the most important thing about trying to be good at anything. You never want to stop learning.
