America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.
The Wellcome Foundation offered me the chance to establish a small academic research unit, modestly funded, but with total independence. The real opportunity, however, came from King's College, London.
I can't change history, I don't want to change history. I can only change the future. I'm working on that.
Nothing stands still. The real question is can you change it?
I'm on the board of the Sierra Club Foundation and am myself a big environmentalist. But the way to make the biggest difference is to change mainstream behavior.
The American people think the government in Washington is too big. That it spends too much. And - and that it's totally out of control. They want something done about it.
The U.S. government is saying that my website enabled piracy when the entire Internet is enabling piracy. Every ISP that connects people to the Internet is enabling piracy - Google is, YouTube is, everybody is.
The federal government has failed us, so we, the elected officials of small-town America, are getting tough with illegal immigration.
A corporation's primary goal is to make money. Government's primary role is to take a big chunk of that money and give it to others.
The problem is that the U.S. government is the biggest debtor in the world, and those depending on it to take care of them will only become poorer.
Google, Microsoft and Yahoo should be developing new technologies to bypass government sensors and barriers to the Internet; but instead, they agreed to guard the gates themselves.
Today, blood work and science are able to provide more of a movie of your health, identifying trends before they become an issue.
My legacy is going to be in affordable health care. I am willing to invest in developing that model and the policies around it.
As an athlete, I understood the value of my health insurance. I knew that in my profession, injuries were common and could happen at any time.
Truly affordable but high-quality health care tools and services are the only means by which quality health care can be provided to all.
Nothing matters more than your health. Healthy living is priceless. What millionaire wouldn't pay dearly for an extra 10 or 20 years of healthy aging?
One important lesson is this: It is okay to try and fail at something, but it isn't okay to not try. Parents need to encourage their kids, and it all starts in the home.
Jewish sovereignty and governance over our ancestral home are, I believe, important goals that every Jew ought to support.
I don't shop online, but my wife buys everything at home. We buy sea crabs, fresh crabs, all kinds of things.
The perfect date for me would be staying at home, making a big picnic in bed, eating Wotsits and cookies while watching cable TV.
My company is an extension of me, so when I designed my stores I wanted people to feel that they were in my home.
