Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit.
The things I was allowed to experience, the people I was able to call friends, teammates, mentors, coaches and opponents, the travel, all of it, are far more than anything I ever thought possible in my lifetime.
In countries around the world, people spend more money on food because they know how precious it is.
When I was in jail, I was a lot of people's favorite person. I practically ran the jail. I had more freedom than the police.
Vietnam was a palpable failure. And of course, in retrospect, it was even more clearly a disaster and a failure than maybe people understood at the time.
Being proud of who we are as people is more important than cutting into ourselves to create this false idea of beauty.
So many people comment that I'm much more mature than average. In this business, you can get taken advantage of if you're not aware and you're not tough.
The breakthrough innovations come when the tension is greatest and the resources are most limited. That's when people are actually a lot more open to rethinking the fundamental way they do business.
The basic principle which I believe has contributed more than any other to the building of our business as it is today, is the ownership of our company by the people employed in it.
If I died tomorrow, I would regret growing so wealthy and still running the business when there are so many more people I could have helped.
I consider myself to be more real-sized than most of the actresses in California and in show business. They're very small. They're like miniature people.
My experience has shown me that the people who are exceptionally good in business aren't so because of what they know but because of their insatiable need to know more.
There's a lot more people that enjoy me playing the enforcer, the destroyer. If bad disappears one day, then good goes out of business.
Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good.
I think that more diversity is a good thing, and fresh points of view articulated by people who are committed to excellence in journalism is a beneficial change in the American media landscape.
I respect marriage, and I think it's beautiful that people do it. But for me, more important than anything is having a peaceful life and a peaceful home.
We are all here to be a service to those who can't be a service to themselves. We can give people hope and more reasons for being human.
For if enough people were really convinced that growth should be halted, and if they acted on that conviction, then billions of others might be deprived of any realistic hope of gaining the opportunities now enjoyed by the more fortunate.
My intention is to get more involved in social projects so I can give people a message of hope.
All the people who follow me on Twitter know my sense of humor. I sometimes forget the blogosphere will give it more weight than I intended.
More people are reading poetry now than at any time in the history of the human race.
