Individuals have to decide what is true and real for them.

In this life, it's not what you hope for, it's not what you deserve - it's what you take!

The thing about film-making is I give it everything, that's why I work so hard. I always tell young actors to take charge. It's not that hard. Sign your own cheques, be responsible.

When you have to cope with a lot of problems, you're either going to sink or you're going to swim.

Psychiatry is a pseudoscience.... You don't know the history of psychiatry. I do...Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, you don't even -you're glib. You don't even know what Ritalin is.

I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quarters, nine-tenths. If I'm going to do something, I go all the way.

No dream is ever just a dream.

Someday. That's a dangerous word. It's really just a code for 'never'.

Perception and reality are two different things.

I had to train myself to focus my attention. I became very visual and learned how to create mental images in order to comprehend what I read.

I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning.

Now, because we have spent so many years convincing the younger people that we are helpless, they believe that we are no longer of use to this world.

You have something important to add, so you interrupt an exciting conversation already in progress just to let us know you have nothing to contribute to the discussion. Umm....”— Troy Ragland

When our internal reference point is the ego or self-image, we feel cut off from our source, and the uncertainty of events creates fear and doubt.

China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.

The poet is a man who lives at last by watching his moods. An old poet comes at last to watch his moods as narrowly as a cat does a mouse.

What are you grateful for right now? Gratitude can shift your energy, raise your vibration, and make all your next moments even better.

I hate small towns because once you've seen the cannon in the park there's nothing else to do.

Finding someone who's willing to drown with you creates a situation where you no longer want to drown.

All my shows are great. Some of them are bad. But they are all great.

Play allows us to maintain curiosity while learning.