There are so few people that wake up every day and go do something that they don't dread... I'm very lucky.
If you think black people have a motivation problem, open up a Wal-Mart and advertise a thousand jobs. Watch 5,000 people show up.
When I was growing up, I was really into 'Rent' and I actually slept on the street in New York all night to get to sit in the first few rows for it.
But the important thing is to lie down and fall asleep. That little nap means you wake up fresh again and can continue.
You can't all of a sudden go to sleep one night and wake up Martha Stewart. It's bit by bit by bit.
I was a big Michael Jordan fan growing up. I don't feel my game resembles his though.
I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18.
It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here?
When you grew up like me and my four brothers, you end up feeling somewhat inadequate, like somehow you don't count.
I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
Growing up, sports was my outlet, my way to portray a personality. I was very shy around people but, through sports, something I was good at, I was able to make friends.
The openness of rural Nebraska certainly influenced me. That openness, in a way, fosters the imagination. But growing up, Lincoln wasn't a small town. It was a college town. It had record stores and was a liberal place.
Artists are the people that no matter what, pick up the pen, pick up a paintbrush. They take the time to translate what is happening to create something that resonates deeply with the rest of the people that are caught in the middle of their own real...
The word of the mouth is a very powerful thing and you can say something about someone that is not necessarily true, but people will believe it and it will become a constant reminder and every time that your name is bought up, that will come up.
I have a two-story house and a bad memory, so I'm up and down those stairs all the time. That's my exercise.
I'm the only United States Senator in the country that I'm aware of that's had the far left up on TV and the far right up on TV against me at the same time.
I'm used to being around kids. Even when I was growing up in London, I had an older sister, I had a younger sister that I used to look after from time to time.
I wake up at about the same time every day. I sleep well and wake without an alarm clock.
I don't sleep much. It takes me a long time to fall asleep. I'm a bit of an insomniac but, when I fall asleep, I don't ever want to wake up.
Heroes have a rough time because they stand up when they ought not to, they speak when they ought not to; they always have to go that extra mile.
All careers go up and down like friendships, like marriages, like anything else, and you can't bat a thousand all the time.
