I would love to find myself in a position where I have to decide, 'Gosh, do I want to be on a series?'
We asserted ourselves as a music community, and showed legislators that music is positive. Especially if you've sold 300 million records worldwide and pay taxes.
Men, if you are in a position of power or authority, please respectfully continue to mentor and work with talented individuals and those with promise, regardless if they are men or women.
There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous.
One out of every 100 American men is HIV positive. The rate of infection has reached epidemic proportions in 40 developing nations.
I never used to see anything on TV where the man was in the weaker position. It was always the female showing emotion, breaking down, being emotionally torn apart by men.
The long and short of it is that I am now in a position in England to green light movies, and that's really excellent - not high-budget movies, but movies none the less.
Even in my stand-up, there's a lot more positivity and enthusiasm rather than negative, I-hate-everything vibes.
With wealth, one is in a position of responsibility. You must try to help others. It is as simple as that.
Surround yourself with people who are positive and who guard against negative talk.
All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.
I truly believe that people like myself, who are in a position of entertainers in the limelight, should keep their mouth shut on politics.
My relationship with the Philharmonia Orchestra brought me many times to London and I will always reflect positively on that early period of development with them - their patience, their warmth, their dedication.
When you come off something really disappointing, you want to come back and kind of regroup and get involved in something positive right away.
Teaching's hard! You need different skills: positive reinforcement, keeping students from getting bored, commanding their attention in a certain way.
I have never talked publicly or privately about the Jewish people, including conversations with President Nixon, except in the most positive terms.
A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can't do. I always look on the positive side of what I can do.
With a private company, you've got to get into who's investing and what's the balance sheet like. So going public is a positive thing from the perspective of the sales organization.
I really struggle with that feeling of helplessness. That's why I really try to get my blogs, and even myself, to point to the positive and look at all the inspiring things that are happening.
No, I was never one of those positive people who believes he can have whatever he sets his sights on. I just kept working at it.
Facing the press is not easy, but because you have to go, you have to try to take a lot of positive things for yourself from these face-to-face meetings.
