I listen a lot. I think people have their own answers, and if you just listen to someone and agree with them, eventually they'll work it out for themselves.
People always try to put a title or a symbol on you. If you work in a bank, you are a banker. For me, they see a co-founder of Facebook.
Academics act like they are important, but when something is academic it is meaningless. People say, 'It's academic, now let's get work done.'
Yes, I will put it out there - I will work for anyone for free if they're prepared to make their clothing Fair Trade and organic. It's really hard to get people interested in it.
The McCain-Feingold limit on how much you give a candidate didn't really work because people found ways to get around it.
What helped me most were my failures and slumps - when I couldn't get work, people weren't interested in me or had written me off.
All these tales of people sitting down and composing symphonies just as though they were writing a letter are very much exaggerated; at least, it isn't that way in my work.
If you're a lead actor, people are just waiting to say 'you're too old' or 'you're too unhip.' If you're a supporting actor, you can just work forever.
I did not become president to be popular. To work, to lead, to protect and preserve our country, our people, that is why I became president.
Margaret Thatcher made tough decisions. She put people out of work and she stood up to labor unions and she did a lot of things that I did not like.
There are people who've enjoyed my work in the theater, and they let me know that it was special for them. I'm not going to say, 'Well, you should have seen me as Gandalf!'
Police officers and firemen are so visible in their daily work, there's no mistaking they're there - and that presence makes people feel secure.
I'm under no illusions about the importance of my work. But if it has any worth, it is that it truly reflects the Brazilian people.
I try to get people thinking, to consider their pasts and presents, ultimately encouraging them and giving them the tools to embrace the work of reshaping their lives.
That the potential to become Level 5 exists in you and me and the people we work with and that it is then a process or a journey to nurture that seed... in a culture by and large that doesn't reinforce it.
But now that I've matured, I've realized that - at the end of the day - what's really important is the work, not what people think of me.
The fact that people are able to be positively impacted by any of my work is really just a blessing. And ultimately, that's what I want to do.
According to the U.S. Census, the most common reason people give for not voting is that they were too busy or had conflicting work or school schedules.
I think it's absolutely essential that the people that work for a company need to feel that they're part of something bigger - that it's not just a job.
I am conservative, there's no doubt about it. But you can be conservative and still work with people, and that's what my intentions are.
I think ethnic and regional labels are insulting to writers and really put restrictions on them. People don't think your work is quite as universal.
