I lived in Greece for about four years of my life, and living there had a huge impact on my life growing up. My father was very much adamant that we would learn about our culture. It's a very rich culture to be a part of since it has such a great his...
I know who I am as an artist and I know what my sound is, but I wanted to know what I could do in order to take it to that next level. So the experiences I had last year of moving to California and traveling to places like Rome and Nicaragua where I ...
I think the real problem is that nobody buys albums anymore, so you don't get the depth of the artists that are out today. What you get is whatever they felt is politically correct to get on there and actually make some impact. I think that's where y...
Certainly Nancy Reagan had an extraordinary effect on her husband. I'm truly not sure that, say, Laura Bush had that much effect on the Bush administration. She certainly, you know, seems to be a nice person who I think the public likes. But I can't ...
Maybe it’s an issue of being unable or unwilling to realize that we can actually impact things sufficiently to change things, rather than seeing ourselves as being exiled to some distant side line of life where we can do nothing more than sheepishl...
Albert Camus's 'La Peste' - 'The Plague' - had an enormous impact on me when I read it in high school French class, and I chose my senior yearbook quote from it. In college, I wrote a philosophy class paper on Camus and Sartre, and again chose my yea...
I had been writing for the 'Late Show' for about four years when I started writing short stories. I had a blast writing the stories because I was writing in a voice more my own, as opposed to a man's. HBO ended up buying four of them. I think that ha...
I was influenced by many, many different people in my student years, and I was always, I guess, immersed in a Navy environment, and so, obviously, that had a big impact when I decided what I wanted to do was go and be a Navy pilot. I was very familia...
Suffering with another is typically not pure suffering; there is some good or positive in this experience.
If I gave you a pity position it wouldn't be in my office.
Look, the job of life is to turn your negatives into positives
Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.
Everyone at home is so supportive. People recognise me, say how proud they are of me. It's awesome to hear, it's amazing to know I can touch so many people in a positive way.
In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.
To me, success is making a positive difference through art - making art that affects the world and that changes the way people feel about themselves and the world.
...the object of waging a war is always to be in a better position in which to wage another war.
Prayers likewise your positive thoughts can be based on gratitude and love.
I absolutely, positively hate this beautiful, magical feeling.
Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body.
Out of all the things we fake we can never fake to be positive.
It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.
