I never felt cool growing up. I was a bit of an outsider, but I discovered theatre very early on, which got me through.
Growing up in Holland, I always thought my name was boring, but in the U.S., all of a sudden I have a very cool name.
Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion.
Twitter is growing up, expanding into other countries, and recognizing that the Internet is contrary to what people hoped; the government does reach into the Internet.
I don't mind snakes. Growing up in South Africa there were a couple a snakes around... and I'm not talking just about the government!
I have nightmares that I'm going to wake up, and everyone's driving a Prius and living in a condo, and we're all getting health insurance.
The most important thing for me is health - you wake up in the morning, you can breathe, and you can walk.
I wish I had been home more when the children were growing up. I missed a lot.
I was blessed to grow up in really interesting times and to go back to a home where I was very safe.
I didn't grow up in a home that glorified Hollywood. We didn't watch TV. We didn't have a lot of magazines around.
The reason I never give up hope is because everything is so basically hopeless.
When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And it was very controversial to be involved with that.
I was very lucky growing up, and I got all my dad's and aunts' toys from the 1950s and 1960s and loved those old pedal cars.
I can go without make-up and go fishing with my dad; other times, I buy pink shoes and shop for dresses.
If a dad does his job, we don't need prisons, we don't need jails. That's what I saw growing up.
My dad was a big runner. Growing up, I watched him do half marathons, and he was always running six or seven miles.
My dad is extremely successful, so I've seen the money and luxury growing up. I'm nowhere close to his stature.
The world of men is dreaming, it has gone mad in its sleep, and a snake is strangling it, but it can't wake up.
It has become impossible to give up the enterprise of disarmament without abandoning the whole great adventure of building up a collective peace system.
To build a great company, which is a CEO's job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom.
'Wonder Woman' was on TV when I was growing up, and I knew Lynda Carter was part Latina. It gave me a great sense of pride.
