I want to put on the table, not why 85% of the members of the National Academy of Sciences reject God, I want to know why 15% of the National Academy don’t.
I've an idea for doing a Situation Comedy myself but its always difficult to get people to listen to you because they like to put their own ideas forward.
I was studying to be a dental hygienist and working as a dental assistant. I met a photographer and decided to put my job on hold for just a summer to begin modeling.
One of the things that defines a TEDster is you've taken your passion, and you've turned it into stewardship. You actually put action to the issues you care about.
Being someone with Latin roots, so many doors are constantly closed for you because people put you in a category, and the thing I've always wanted to avoid is categorisation.
Trying to change the outside by making changes to the outside, is like trying to make your lips red in your reflection by putting lipstick on the mirror!
Pictures put you in front of a reality that most of the times you don't want to see, don't want to know about, don't want to get involved.
I am the type that cannot stay put in living in the past and solely in the past. It's not healthy and it doesn't feel right.
I'm putting my consciousness towards trying to teach people through pictures and sculptures that there's something better in the world. That's what the world needs more of.
In some respects, inside information is a form of financial steroid. It is unfair: it is offensive; it is unlawful; and it puts a black mark on the entire enterprise.
We're not children here. The law is-how should I put it? A convenience. Or a convenience for some people, and an inconvenience for other people.
I've never been comfortable around groups of guys when it gets into the putting-down. My past being a kind of geek - it kind of turns into an attack on the weakest of the group.
That ability to take in your surroundings and sort out the important stuff, to be aware, to be vigilant. Then take all that information, put it together, and see if it makes sense to you.
There's enough hard stuff going on in people's lives, and you really need that joy that laughter can bring. I don't have to put that in a Christian compartment.
Don't be put off by people who know what is not possible. Do what needs to be done, and check to see if it was impossible only after you are done.
I don't ever wear makeup. I steam my face. I put hot water to open pores and cold water to close them.
The problem is, when you come back in you're sweating, so I wait until the very last minute before putting on my shirt so that it's not covered in sweat.
Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.
One of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes of those who put him down.
When things did go wrong for the IRA, when civilians were killed, I tried to put it in context, not defend it.
Do a little bit more than average and from that point on our progress multiplies itself out of all proportion to the effort put in.
