At Cisco, I made every decision based on what was good for the company, and that pretty much ruined my marriage and my health.
Now, al Qaeda's on the run. Afghanistan is no longer a base of operations. The Afghan government is a friendly government that is trying to bring democracy to its people.
Imperceptibly, the developed world's manufacturing base was gradually eroding and being replaced by securitized finance that destroyed itself and nearly its economies in 2008.
In the '80s, I was putting out an album virtually every year, I think mostly based on fear - that if I didn't, people would soon forget about me.
I decided to make 'Captain America' because I realized I wasn't doing the film because it terrified me. You can't make decisions based on fear.
There's always a reaction based on fear. People assume if you're criticizing a decision to go to war, then you're saying something against the soldiers-which is not the case.
Eighty percent of all choices are based on fear. Most people don't choose what they want; they choose what they think is safe.
Faith means intense, usually confident, belief that is not based on evidence sufficient to command assent from every reasonable person.
I think when you look to the future what you'll find is that the Republican Party is building a bigger party base on stronger values.
Conversion is an enlarging, a deepening, and a broadening of the undergirding base of testimony. It is the result of revelation from God, accompanied by individual repentance, obedience, and diligence.
When a decision is made to go to war based on intelligence, it is a fateful decision. It has ramifications and impacts way beyond the current months and years.
It takes intelligence to make real comedy, and it takes a reality base to create all that little stuff I like to do that makes you giggle inside.
I very much believe in values-based leadership and that the values that I believe in and try to govern by are transcendent values.
I have no acting technique I act instinctively. That's why I can't play any role that isn't based on something in my life.
Basically, every character I've ever played, I've based entirely on internal conflict. And I love doing that, because I think it's very human.
Were I as base as is the lowly plain, And you, my Love, as high as heaven above, Yet should the thoughts of me, your humble swain,.
I never sought nor gained personal benefit in school or job applications based on my heritage.
Nearly all institutions, it might be said, are based on signs, but these signs do not directly evoke things.
I played baseball growing up, second base, and then when I got to high school,it just didn't exist there.
The main thing I do now is I coach kids, and all of these stories along the way are based in reality.
Unfortunately, people are re-interpreting the Constitution as a living document, and it's not. It's a solid-based document and it shouldn't be played with.
