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There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is a thing no married man knows anything about.

In our lives in a lot of ways it's all about fake. You've got people wanting things for fake reasons.

What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it.

I like trying to get pregnant. I'm not so sure about childbirth.

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man.

The Democrats never fight about who is more like Jimmy Carter.

Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

There's a joy and a pain about directing where the dreams you have are becoming concrete but the attention to detail, the need for time is such that it's overwhelming at times, and the stream of responsibility.

Probably my worst quality is that I get very passionate about what I think is right.

I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful.

I think about being married again, having a home and a wife. No one can ever be married too many times, and maybe if I keep trying I'll get it right one day.

My mother was a good recreational cook, but what she basically believed about cooking was that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you.

I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.

I'm excited about there being more of a sisterhood these days. Back in the '90s there was a lot of hate - the women I looked up to as artists were dissing me! It's not so patriarchal these days - there's more love and a lot less hate!

Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating.

When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.

For the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly.

Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.

Life is all about having a good time.

If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.

When I've gone back to work, it's always with that sense of inevitability. That may be a complete delusion, but it's the one that I need to get out of bed and go about my business. That sense that I can't avoid this thing. I better just get on with it.

I try to keep it real. I don't have time to worry about what I'm projecting to the world. I'm just busy being myself.

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

My pat line about the Cubs and payroll is that the amount of merchandise the Cubs would sell off a world series championship would more than cover for a big payroll.

A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.

I have two sons in America, and all they care about in Chinese culture is Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.

We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about.

You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.