I was never aware of any other option but to question everything.

Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a system of debt, they can't afford the time to think.

The general population doesn't know what's happening, and it doesn't even know that it doesn't know.

That's the standard technique of privatization: defund, make sure things don't work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital.

Jingoism, racism, fear, religious fundamentalism: these are the ways of appealing to people if you're trying to organize a mass base of support for policies that are really intended to crush them.

There's a good reason why nobody studies history, it just teaches you too much.

The world is a very puzzling place. If you're not willing to be puzzled, you just become a replica of someone else's mind.

Democratic societies can't force people. Therefore they have to control what they think.

Nobody should have any illusions. The United States has essentially a one-party system and the ruling party is the business party.

If you want to control a population... give them a God to worship.

A language is not just words. It's a culture, a tradition, a unification of a community, a whole history that creates what a community is. It's all embodied in a language.

Dance bravely into your own heart, and you will find the love of all.

Have compassion for people as long as you are one of them too.

I am usually asked, 'How do manage to stay consistent with your goals?' I would always reply, 'I do so because I cannot afford to face the consequences of procrastinating on my goals.

...have a theory that she is in love with the dream of someone and not an actual person.

Always think about practice... theory is not the endpoint of work, it is the work along the way to work.

How, like a moth, the simple maid Still plays around the flame!

The previous Governments took pride in making laws, but I am happier removing laws. Let's open the windows, let some fresh air come in.

Most Americans have their head in the sand about evolution.

I think actors have to have clear goals in term of fitness, I think it is very important. I did yoga very seriously and I think that is a wonderful exercise. I take tennis lessons, and I swim a lot.