I have learned to read the papers calmly and not to hate the fools I read about.
For decades engineers have stood accused that their buildings do not have any cultural value. We have attempted to liberate engineering of this accusation.
If we are to have such a discipline we must have standards, and to get our standards under existing conditions we must have criticism.
Although I have to admit I have despised a couple of people simply because they have never had a job in their lives.
If all ideas have to be bought, then you have an intellectually regressive system that will assure you have a highly knowledgeable elite and an ignorant mass.
If you're going to grow the economy, if people are going to have more income, you have to have stability in the marketplace.
To have a productive happy life you have to focus on two things: focus on what you want and enjoy what you have.
I have learned from Twitter that you get that instant feedback about what people think about what you did.
I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.
If I'm out trailriding, I have a favorite motorcycle. Riding on the road, I've got a favorite. If I'm jumping, I have a favorite, and if I'm racing, I have a favorite.
As an actress, one of the perks is having access to ridiculously expensive clothing and prancing around on the red carpet. Who wouldn't want to have fun with that?
I have done so much: modeling, acting, singing, the calendar, the lingerie line, and there have been times where I have wanted to give up but I went for it.
I understand what it feels like not to like aspects of yourself. There have been times that I have felt really terrible about the way I look. I have the seed of that feeling.
I have been reading the press more regularly than others over 50 years and it seems to me that there are things that have changed in the press that have changed its character.
I have a theory about that, if you have to say something, if you have encourage for one second a prospective acting student - he should not go in to acting.
If they were there for you when you had nothing, they are the ones worth having now. If they only notice you because of what you have gained, are they worth having at all?
There are features that African Americans have that are similar! There are features that white people have that are similar! Features that Hispanic people have that are similar!
Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest.
Those things you can buy have no value but have a price. Those things you cannot buy have value and are priceless.
Comedy is much more challenging, because you have to have the same level of belief but you have to make people laugh, and that's definitely a challenge.
When you read something you have written, you have to confront some of the lies you have been telling yourself.
