I wasn't one to go out and buy a new car and stereo system and expensive clothes. My mom helped keep me grounded.
Making a new car is so expensive that the risk factor is what takes the unique ideas and keeps reanalyzing them until they become very similar.
In the trunk of her car, my mother used to keep a collapsible easel, a clutch of brushes, a little wooden case stocked with tubes of paint, and, tucked into the spare-tire well, one of my father's old, tobacco-stained shirts, for a smock.
The typical project design time for a large company like IBM - and they keep track of this - is a little over four years.
The smartest thing we can do to create high-wage jobs and grow our economy is to keep our focus on education.
In the environmental movement, every time you lose a battle it's for good, but our victories always seem to be temporary and we keep fighting them over and over again.
Address these environmental issues and you will address every issue known to man. And we keep dabbling in things that aren't really that important in the long term.
You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've only ever had one.
Great music is its own movie, already. And the challenge, as a music fan, is to keep the song as powerful as it wants to be, to not tamper with it and to somehow give it a home.
I prefer the competitive atmosphere of a classroom setting, like yoga or Pilates. That keeps me going. Although performing on stage is great exercise!
I think being a mother helps keep your feet on the ground. There's very little dignity in parenthood. It's a great leveller.
Circuit training is a great way to go. Keeping the reps high and the weight low, you'll tone your muscles without bulking up.
One of the great things and one of the horrible things about the American character is this extraordinary optimism and arrogance that everything will continue to be great and keep looking up.
Casual games are a great way to spend time when you get bored. It's hard to keep people off all their little games.
Chicken, brown rice, and veggies is a great healthy dinner option. It's full of whole grains and protein, and will keep you full for a long time.
I've told the guys to keep their heads up. I really believe we played a great game here.
Swiss chard is undervalued in Britain. It's a great substitute for spinach and keeps its shape well.
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.
Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep trying to perfect the one problem they were born to understand.
Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.
