I played trumpet for about two weeks. Sixth grade. And I didn't practice. Maybe a little longer than two weeks, but I didn't practice and I was faking it.

Our thoughts are to the individual as our art is to the community.

That is the heart and soul of the American dream, homeownership, the idea of being able to buy a house and start to build your family.

We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer.

The power of a sports team in a community it's almost indescribable.

And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and come to some understanding of this journey we are on.

Culture is the intersection of people and life itself. Its how we deal with life, love, death, birth, disappointment... all of that is expressed in culture.

One of the richest countries in the history of the world having communities where people have to go over half an hour to get to fresh produce and food is unacceptable.

There's no greater honor, as an actor, to be a part of a project that changes lives, and awakens and enlightens and entertains.

What thoughts are to the individual, art is to the community as a whole. That's where you reflect on who you are, who you hope to be, what you've gone through, and where you hope to go.

Art imitating life and life imitating art, and it's beyond the job - it will always be a marked period in my life.

Those who love to live enjoy the beauty of life.

The Word of God is a light on our path.

But let no one imagine that we were mere ascetics. There is no more complex pleasure than thought, and it was to thought that we delivered ourselves over.

Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.

The desire to conquer is itself a sort of subjection.

At a certain point the audience shouldn't worry about catching every word and understanding every twist and turn, because at a certain point that's pretty much impossible.

Leaders, true leaders, take responsibility for the success of the team and understand that they must also take responsibility for the failure.

But I can only write what the muse allows me to write. I cannot choose, I can only do what I am given, and I feel pleased when I feel close to concrete poetry - still.

Women have no sense of the abstract-a woman admiring the sky is a woman caressing the sky. In a woman's mind beauty is something she needs to touch.

To realize one's destiny is a person's only obligation.