As I said, I spent most of my adult life thinking I didn't have a vote, and therefore that what I thought didn't matter.
It is no light matter to put in jeopardy a single life when it is the very singularity of each life which underpins the idea of a just society.
It's no different than anything else in anybody else's life. Doesn't matter how simple or complex. There are days you hate it and days you love it.
The only thing that mattered was what you were to do in life, and it wasn't about money. It was about teaching, or learning.
With stand-up, it doesn't matter who you are. If the audience claps because they love your movies, that clapping stops after five seconds, and then it's your job to make them laugh.
At the end of our lives we all ask, 'Did I live? Did I love? Did I matter?'
I would love Giuliana small, medium, large or extra large and I will love her no matter how much weight she gained.
Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
I have always believed in standing up for what I believe in and I believe that everyone deserves the right to love whoever they love no matter who they are.
If the American people in a matter of months can love the people of Kuwait, whom they have not seen, they can love the people of our nation's capital just as well.
A lot of Christians look at Hollywood as the ultimate evil. But what it did for me is it sharpened my ability to love people and appreciate people, no matter where they're at in their lives.
No matter how strong the winds of trials and tribulations blow, never take your sight off from the prize ahead.
Even your sweetest character has claws, no matter how well they may be retracted and hidden (hidden even from herself).
No matter how talented or skilled you are, you will never reach your full potential without expert guidance.
No matter how successful or great you become, never forget that you are nothing without the mercy of God.
A negative habit is a matter of frequent negative thoughts and beliefs in one's mind, but never a result of the complexion of one's skin.
No matter what your circumstances are, never for a second forget that you solely owe yourself the gift of abundant success and happiness.
No matter how dark your current phase of life is, never stop believing that bigger and better blessings are already on the way.
You too can be as influential as the people that you admire. It is a matter of having the willingness to work relentlessly for it.
No matter the level of opposition from external forces, whoever God has elevated, will definitely stay elevated.
No matter how cold this world gets, please don't lose touch of morality and allow it to turn your heart cold.
