My natural response to a stressful situation is to shut down. I do weird things, like, I don't cry, I get really cold.
When a friend is sick, I see the situation for what it is, not what it isn't, and I offer to help as much as she wants, not as much as I want.
There is no dispute that Albany needs to be changed. There is no dispute that the current situation in Albany is untenable. Nobody knows that better than I do.
I think it's a common misconception in the civilian community that the military community is filled with just drills and discipline and pain. They forget that these are humans who are in an abnormal situation.
When you make a film like this, you must have the highest expectations of your audience. Having worked in situations where we have the lowest expectations of our audience.
Is there one specific source that determines correct morality and everybody should follow that? Or should individuals come up with following that source or not depending on their situation?
Don’t wait until your energy runs out before you take a much needed step back to assess the situation.
Zen teaches that once we can open up to the inevitability of our demise, we can begin to transform that situation and lighten up about it.
It's much easier to cheat than it is to be loyal. Everyone goes through down times. You just don't put yourself in those situations, you know?
I feel like all of my characters now take this congested situation, they clash, and from there you purge yourself.
The only thing that feels worse than being stuck in a situation that makes you unhappy is realizing that you are not ready or willing to change whatever it is.
You obviously want the results but you must do your job in every at-bat and deal with what every situation dictates.
Human beings yield in many situations, even important and spiritual and central ones, as long as it prolongs one's well-being.
I write, or used to write, to explain to myself situations I couldn't otherwise solve or understand. Meditation comes very naturally to me.
The Palestinian situation is different. We can have military cooperation with other factions in the Palestinian territories. But we cannot have this with Hizbullah in Lebanon.
There are perhaps opportunities for greater political cooperation, at least more cooperation than exists now. But there can be no cooperation in the field because every situation is different.
I'm not in favor of just taking short-term isolated situations and depleting our resources to keep our climate just the way it is today.
The male image has been so pulled down by situation comedy in the last 15 years, it is frightening. I don't like what has happened to the American male.
If you are you, 24 hours a day, then you do not have to remember who you are supposed to be in different situations - something that I imagine could be troublesome.
Reiterating the belief that HIV is the cause of AIDS is an easy thing to do. Understanding the science and politics of the situation is much more complicated and requires study with a critical and open mind.
We have to believe that our prayers, if pure and powerful can transform any catastrophic situation, regardless of its magnitude.
