When I was a teenager, my parents made me take a part-time job at the local Black Eyed Pea, which was a home-cooked-food family restaurant.
When I was about 12 years old, I knew I had to take the game more seriously if I wanted to be able to provide for my family.
For all of higher civilization's recorded history, becoming a man was defined overwhelmingly as taking responsibility for a family.
You know, my family is very musical, I was surrounded by it. And from four years old I was the one that asked my mother could I take piano lessons.
I'm not actually sure that actors or artists should be allowed to have a family, because the focus you need, the egotism, the myopia, is just taking away from the relationship.
The only thing I don't like about acting is that it takes so much time away from my family. Otherwise, I don't have any complaints.
Young writers only take off when they find their subjects. Since almost everyone has a family and stories about family, that is often a place to start.
College on for sure... I'm scared to say it cause it sounds like a family movie, but if my kid was 7, 8, 9 I would take her to this quickly and gladly!
Circumstances in life often take us places that we never intended to go. We visit some places of beauty, others of pain and desolation.
Jazz is a very democratic musical form. It comes out of a communal experience. We take our respective instruments and collectively create a thing of beauty.
Big companies often use their leverage to take stakes in would-be suppliers, especially in the technology business.
The music business doesn't take up that much of my time. I probably should put a little more energy into it.
Yeah, computers are going to take over the programming business because they have become so fast recently that they can solve the Halting Problem in five seconds flat.
I take my personal upkeep real seriously; my sense of organization and attention to detail; my memory; my business - I love the business.
I am starting to hate airports and the whole business of getting onto the plane. It all takes so long I want to scream.
I have to come to terms with the paternalism of American business. Companies are expected to take on so many social responsibilities which are the province of the state in Europe.
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
When I talk about taking bold actions in the world, few things are bolder than creating the 'Huffington Post' from scratch and reinventing the newspaper business.
I would like to be remembered as a responsible human being who handled business while also taking care of his family.
I generally disagree with most of the very high margin opportunities. Why? Because it's a business strategy tradeoff: the lower the margin you take, the faster you grow.
Believers, look up - take courage. The angels are nearer than you think.
