I was a big Michael Jordan fan growing up. I don't feel my game resembles his though.
I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18.
It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here?
If you have something to say then you want someone to pay attention or at least to have the opportunity for them to tell you to shut up and go away.
When you grew up like me and my four brothers, you end up feeling somewhat inadequate, like somehow you don't count.
Army Officer: Mr. Singer. What an appropriate name for a man who can't shut up.
I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
Growing up, sports was my outlet, my way to portray a personality. I was very shy around people but, through sports, something I was good at, I was able to make friends.
The openness of rural Nebraska certainly influenced me. That openness, in a way, fosters the imagination. But growing up, Lincoln wasn't a small town. It was a college town. It had record stores and was a liberal place.
Bruce Wayne: You're a real nice girl, and I like you a lot, but right now, shut up.
Artists are the people that no matter what, pick up the pen, pick up a paintbrush. They take the time to translate what is happening to create something that resonates deeply with the rest of the people that are caught in the middle of their own real...
The word of the mouth is a very powerful thing and you can say something about someone that is not necessarily true, but people will believe it and it will become a constant reminder and every time that your name is bought up, that will come up.
I have a two-story house and a bad memory, so I'm up and down those stairs all the time. That's my exercise.
I'm the only United States Senator in the country that I'm aware of that's had the far left up on TV and the far right up on TV against me at the same time.
I'm used to being around kids. Even when I was growing up in London, I had an older sister, I had a younger sister that I used to look after from time to time.
I wake up at about the same time every day. I sleep well and wake without an alarm clock.
I don't sleep much. It takes me a long time to fall asleep. I'm a bit of an insomniac but, when I fall asleep, I don't ever want to wake up.
Heroes have a rough time because they stand up when they ought not to, they speak when they ought not to; they always have to go that extra mile.
All careers go up and down like friendships, like marriages, like anything else, and you can't bat a thousand all the time.
So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the principles of democracy, especially including dissent, to be the most forceful in speaking up, standing up and speaking out.
I grew up with a mother who, every time she saw something, would say, I'm going to look that up. And I've become that person - I've become the reference-book person.
