The idea of not being content with any level of success, doesn't by any means call for the absence of gratitude for your daily blessings.
When an impressive level skill is accompanied with consistent action on the right plan, success becomes the only possible destination.
You have to first position yourself with the right level of mannerism, before others could see a reason to respect you.
Kanye West is my older brother, an inspiring guy and someone who keeps pushing my level up further and further.
On one level the sixties revolt was an impressive illustration of Lenin's remark that the capitalist will sell you the rope to hang him with.
When I came into boxing, I brought it to the next level with adverts and doing pantomime and people just got jealous of me doing that.
It is wonderful... Steve and Dan took professional football to a whole different level with the way they played the game. The fact that Steve is going in with Dan is very special.
All of the charities we're involved with have touched me in one way or another on a personal level. There are about eight or nine charities that I support.
In fourth grade I had a high school reading level, but I didn't want to go to school and I didn't feel I belonged there.
There is something inherent in our democracy that tends to want to level. America is a little uncomfortable in the presence of someone who is distinctly superior in whatever way.
What I've realized is that we're our own harshest critics. We give ourselves limitations. But I want to push through that wall, on a creative and personal level.
'The Avengers' is exciting on the level 'The Matrix' or 'Indiana Jones' was when I was kid. I think it will be timeless.
I think the Commissioner is taking the steps necessary to give the game back to the players and the fans and hopefully take the league to the next level.
I like the storytelling and reading the letters, the long-distance dedications. Anytime in radio that you can reach somebody on an emotional level, you're really connecting.
I understand what my gift is, which is making people laugh, hopefully. It's more on that level. I don't need to be a leading man, I'm fine with that.
Those with dementia are still people and they still have stories and they still have character and they're all individuals and they're all unique. And they just need to be interacted with on a human level.
Education levels are highly and negatively correlated to religious belief. In other words, ignorance is bliss.
It's going to sound ridiculous, but knowing how to pose, how to maintain a level of engagement and variation for a day of shooting, is actually a skill.
I have brought a PS2 on set with me before. But games can be really addicting, and that's dangerous. So I tend to keep it fairly limited on a certain level.
All four elements were happening in equal measure - the cuisine, the wine, the service, and the overall ambience. It taught me that dining could happen at a spiritual level.
Most high-level models that I've ever met are actually well-travelled; they're cultured, and no guy laying a cheesy line on them is actually going to impact their world.
