As business people, we have to remind ourselves that it's up to us to create jobs. It's up to us as business people to drive the economy, and no one else.
Being on a board is not just about showing up for the meetings. A board member needs to materially contribute to the success of the business.
My family had a business where they worked with gravestones, and I remember growing up and playing in cemeteries like it was a normal playground.
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
Buddhist practices offer a way of saying, 'Hey, come back over here, reconnect.' The only way that you'll actually wake up and have some freedom is if you have the capacity and courage to stay with the vulnerability and the discomfort.
I want my kids to grow up and enjoy their childhood and be carefree. I never really got a chance to be a kid.
If you're financially responsible, your children have a much better chance to grow up financially responsible.
I laugh at what I used to think was cool when I was growing up. In all seriousness, I thought having braces was cool.
The people who voted for President Obama are just beginning to wake up to exactly what they brought in. The 'change' they envisioned is not the 'change' they have gotten.
People in Oklahoma don't wake up every morning wondering what the government is going to do for them.
To sit back and say, 'Oh, we're going to let the government do whatever they want, right or wrong,' is giving up.
After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits.
Even when I'm tired, when I come home and think about catching up on my sleep, I'd rather stay up and hold my daughters.
I was actually born in Miami. We would spend the summers there growing up, so it's like my second home.
My plan growing up was to leave home and try not to panic. I always knew that to strive to be self-sufficient was an important ambition.
I need to stop carving out four-hour chunks to do random things and go home and watch my children grow up.
Other people can write grown-up, political plays about the troubles in the world. My plays deal with magic and hope.
I don't feel proprietorial about the problems of philosophy. History has taught us that many philosophical issues can grow up, leave home and live elsewhere.
It's absolutely crucial for the Democrats to have a sense of their history, of who they are, in order to be able to project their values and stand up for them.
I loved growing up in Montclair... I think it's grown and changed and embraced change.
Be able to back up a car for a considerable distance in a straight line and back out of a driveway.
