It's a real uphill challenge to battle the white-guyness.
I think the tougher the challenge the better.
It's such a challenge to play a good guy - it's hard to be believable.
One of the things I enjoy is the challenge of Mother Nature.
I know for me the subject of how to be in a relationship is precious and complicated and challenging.
I love challenging the status quo.
I love directing - it's always so involving, so challenging.
The reality about life is that challenges are inevitable.
For a director, the most challenging scenes are the dialogue scenes.
We must acknowledge that all we have are, at times very differing, interpretations of what Jesus was all about-and these interpretations, as they are collected in the New Testament, have been written in particular situations by men, none of whom ques...
...Spinoza’s Conjecture:“Belief comes quickly and naturally, skepticism is slow and unnatural, and most people have a low tolerance for ambiguity. The scientific principle that a claim is untrue unless proven otherwise runs counter to our natural...
Like the body craves oxygen, the mind is desperate for certainty. It believes that without a safe foothold on reality, it will die. But the fascinating thing is that the illusion of certainty is exactly the opposite of safety because it hardens and n...
Adults are more likely to act their way into a new way of thinking than to think their way into a new way of acting.
Always re-invent yourself. Always try new things; new food, new hobbies, meet new people. That will keep your life from becoming stagnant and boring. And you will have a lot more fun!
As I came to New York, it was for me a new beginning. To discover what people are living here. What do they need, what do they expect, what would they like to be the image and the performance of the New York Philharmonic?
I see a New York where there is no barrier to the God-given potential of every New Yorker. I see a New York where everyone who wants a good job can find one. I see a New York where the people can believe in a grounded government again.
One of the many reasons I love living in New York is that we get a front row seat to the innumerable thrills that take place here - from conventions and awards shows, to parades and U.N. assemblies. But my favorite New York tradition is the annual Ne...
A new week means new goals. New goals means new success. No goals mean no success and no success means a wasted week.
Every new day holds new opportunities to take new actions to fulfill your dreams.
The good news is that economists are intelligent, engaging and often charming folks. The bad news is their work is often of little use to investors.
By the end of last year we solved a lot of threads, and it's really good for this new way we're taking the show to really have these new people and these new energies, frankly.
