If you've ever had somebody try to sell you something - people who can sell, they really are not manipulating you. They are selling themselves.
I think movie sets can often be stressful, and people take themselves very seriously.
Terrorists regard themselves as a vanguard. They're trying to mobilize others to their cause. I mean, every specialist on terrorism knows that.
Beautiful girls should know how to defend themselves against the advances of gentlemen.
Those who believe that they have absolute truth and the only moral system are destructive both to themselves and to those whom they try to convert.
Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!
We decline the claim to power by parties which want to own their followers body and soul, and which want to put themselves over and above the whole nation.
In my experience, adults rarely bother reading the reviews of children's books and almost never read the books themselves - particularly if they don't have children.
When under siege, if we do not stand for our liberties and for the liberties of those who are unable to stand for themselves, then the great American experience will come to an end.
I was ecstatic they re-named 'French Fries' as 'Freedom Fries'. Grown men and women in positions of power in the U.S. government showing themselves as idiots.
If you asked anybody in my family, they would have very stridently proclaimed themselves middle class. My mother and father were separated, so he doesn't count.
Girls need to be strong and know how to stand up for themselves. Definitely having friends is a big part of it, so that they can help you through that, and a strong family.
And I think one of the tasks that I always feel is how to get that vision out of them. Not exactly what they want, but what they want to accomplish for themselves or their community or their family.
Traditional nursing facilities are sterile institutions rather than homes - which is why many Americans do not want to live in one or want this as their only option for themselves or their family members.
That's why I began doing makeup in the first place: I was hoping that through helping people see the beauty in themselves, I could try and find it in me.
I never talk about my private life. When you're in this business it becomes so precious. I don't understand when people open up about themselves to the press.
Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves.
Not since the digital revolution in the early '90s has technology placed such a comprehensive burden on business, employees and individuals to reinvent their business plans, services and products, and themselves to keep pace with the changing marketp...
The actors I admire, like Ben Kingsley or Daniel Day-Lewis, they totally reinvent themselves in every part. I hope I get a chance to do that.
People are going to buy cheap fertilizer so they can grow enough crops to feed themselves, which will be increasingly difficult with climate change.
All things being equal, letting people make decisions for themselves will produce smarter outcomes, collectively, than relying on government planners.
