I wanted to be a ballerina so badly. You can be seen and take over the spotlight without speaking. I had a fear of speaking in public back then.
The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence.
I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.
I think for anyone - male or female - in improv, the biggest thing to get over is the fear. I think every improviser has that.
There have to be people who are vocal about the advancement of knowledge over faith.
Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.
As I'd go out learning to surf, I'd feel the power of waves coming over my body. It's like you're with God.
One of the things I associate with God is a sunrise. How many sunrises have you missed over the years, and God created that?
Thank God, it is over, that I have seen it and am able to tell it to the world.
I've taught a lot about prayer over the years and how it is really just talking to God.
I think God's wrath and purgatory are the only things keeping me on the straight and narrow. I like the idea of purgatory. It's like a cosmic do-over.
The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.
The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.
If you desire information on some point of law, you are not likely to ponder over the ponderous tomes of legal writers in order to obtain the knowledge you seek, by your own unaided efforts.
Patricia Nixon gave up a career to become a political wife. She rose to the pinnacle of glory and then fell to disgrace because of deeds over which she had neither control nor knowledge.
Any time you end a relationship, and everyone has ended plenty in their life, it's always a tough thing and hard to get over.
I think a lot of people would rather have more control over their life than less.
It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls.
Andrew Lincoln has to be the nicest, ego-less lead actor that I've ever met in my life. His energy and temperament just falls over everyone.
I think America may be growing up and accepting the fact that the bulk of life exists beyond 50. Because demographically... the vast population is over 50.
The assumption is that your personal life has to be a mess to create, but how much chaos can you allow in before it takes over?
