In this culture, where entertainers and athletes wield such power, it seems only right to me that they try to make their influence a good one.
A lot of vets like 'Good Morning Vietnam' - I get great letters from guys.
Our government works should be treated fairly and appropriately; they should have a decent retirement, but not a gold-plated system where they can retire multimillionaires in their 50s.
When you gain 50 pounds during pregnancy like I did, you fear that you'll never get back in shape.
You always fear when you're making a movie that has a moral to the story that people are going to reject the idea of being taught a lesson.
Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.
A huge part of what animates homophobia among young people is paranoia and fear of their own capacity to be gay themselves.
We've all had that fear, that despair of losing someone, or this fierce desire because it's not reciprocated. The less reciprocation there is, the more desire we have.
I see myself as a creative being. My only fear is compromising my integrity. I guess that's a constant struggle.
I've always felt that if you back down from a fear, the ghost of that fear never goes away. It diminishes people.
I like normal stuff people fear - like spiders and heights. I'm frightened by the unknown, by things that are hard to figure out and get a grip on.
The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.
I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print.
I always tell my children, 'You have to face your fear. If not, it's like running from a dog that will bite you in the back.'
The one thing I've learned is that stuttering in public is never as bad as I fear it will be.
I don't have a fear of becoming a parent, but I do have a fear of taking care of a newborn because they are so tiny and vulnerable.
But we both came to the decision that the powerful thing is to go into your fear, walk in there with it, don't walk away from it, and to try to be true to it.
My fear is that, had I stayed in Jersey, I would have become Snooki because I'm just a bottle of hair dye away.
The way you conquer fear is to feel it all the way, and then you'll find out that there's nothing there - it's just emotion.
Anxiety is not fear, exactly, because fear is focused on something right in front of you - a real and objective danger.
We need a pedagogy free from fear and focused on the magic of children's innate quest for information and understanding.
