I'm not the kind of guy who sits around at home and writes songs. Once in a while I'll pick up a guitar and noodle around, but it's rare.
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
I've photographed just about everyone in the world. But what I hope to do is photograph people of accomplishment, not celebrity, and help define the difference once again.
Although one may fail to find happiness in theatrical life, one never wishes to give it up after having once tasted its fruits.
You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been happy, but in truth it is centered in ourselves.
Once you've got a child to the point that they've discovered books, they're safe. There's a world of the imagination that when they're hurt or upset, they can move into, and it is wonderful.
Once you start to look into the guts of climate change you find that just about every scientific institution in the world is conducting research on the issue.
I'm a disorganized mess. My purse is gross: I once found a shoulder pad, string cheese, and a Christmas ornament in it!
IN April 1882 my father died; and I was at once whirled out of my land of dreams into a very different sphere.
I think the 20s are a vastly overrated decade. We promise kids that once they get out of school, life will begin and their dreams will come true. But then comes the struggle.
Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.
A human act once set in motion flows on forever to the great account. Our deathlessness is in what we do, not in what we are.
It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and of the race of giants.
I have been told by a member of the board of one of Canada's most prominent literary magazines that a submission of mine once caused a great deal of controversy.
The great thing about a culture is that once you really get it going, it evolves on its own. It's self-organizing. It's dynamic. It just feeds on itself.
I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll be a great actress.
I don't need a fantasy life as once I did. That is the life of the imagination that I had a great need for. Films were the perfect means for satisfying that need.
Josh Brolin is an actor that I really, really like; he's fantastic. I worked with him once; he's a really great actor.
To re-embrace what I once loved about music has been a warming process for me, because it's a good, earned feeling now.
You just have to take these opportunities when they come along. They're not that frequent; you'll get a really good script, oh, maybe once a year if you're lucky.
Good advice is one of those injuries which a good man ought, if possible, to forgive, but at all events to forget at once.
