I've been involved in social activism my entire life, and I would argue that many people involved in social activist movements have done very little work on themselves.
I think a lot of young people have incredible ideas and incredible insights, but sometimes they wait before they go give their life to something. What I did was just to start a little earlier.
I don't think when people sign up for a life of doing something they love to do they should have to sign up for a complete loss of privacy. I understand a little loss of privacy coming with the job.
If you listen to a lot of the songs that are popular now, there's very little melody in there. People love the beat. But to musicians, it's melody, because we understand how elusive it is and how hard it is to hold.
Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy.
A staggering amount of people blame their lives for their miseries, but little do they know that one's repeated interpretations of one's life create one's constant feelings.
A lot of people blame their negative feelings on their negative experiences; but little do they know that their negative feelings are nothing but the products of their negative interpretations of their negative experiences.
I'm a sensitive guy; I respond to things that make my eyes well up a little bit, or make me root for people. I find the human condition interesting.
I'm a proud fighter for the little guy and the people of my state who are struggling to make ends meet. That's what Louisiana values are about.
In 2007, people tried to belittle me a little bit and sort of take the credit away from me and my team and what we achieved.
We are going after a targeted group of businesses that are creating opportunities for themselves using other people's property. The Internet has very little to do with this.
To protect themselves, the weak focus on the "bad" in people. Conversely, the strong, who fear little, focus on the "good".
The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier.
The real problem with Obamacare has little to do with the number of people signing up, and a lot to do with the restrictions on insurance companies and reimbursement rates to doctors.
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
The thing I learned from 'Pride and Glory' is that people like to feel a little better leaving the theater than they did coming in.
I'm a pretty hands-off director. I let people try things, and if it gets over-jokey, then I'll try and rein it in a little bit.
As you look at the flow of Muslim fundamentalism, or fundamentalism in various areas and various religions, they all play on the people who have very little.
Because I grew up with this naive expectation of people doing right, I get shocked by every little violation.
It's a very tempting thing to try and relive your glory days when you get a little older and you worry that people have forgotten all about you.
Irish people give big hellos and very little goodbyes. Unless they're female, and then they spend five hours talking in the doorway to the person that's leaving their house.
