People tend to vote the present tense - not the subjective.

Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it.

One day you're the statue. One day you're the pigeon.

Follow what you are genuinely passionate about and let that guide you to your destination.

A good marriage is a contest of generosity.

People assume you can't be shy and be on television. They're wrong.

Do something you really love in the most adventurous place you can and make sure it helps other people.

Don't let other people tell you who you are.

I have a liberal definition of news because I think news can be what excites people. I'm not very sanctimonious about what news is and isn't.

I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.

Wake up curious, and determined to find an answer

I ask for so little. Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave.” Jareth the Goblin King

To believe in miracles in one thing...to know what miracle you want to manifest right now, and accept it, is another.

I have discovered that you will achieve nothing if you pursue everything. Be specific and stay focused.

I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous book.

Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk.

You're not going to get very far in life based on what you already know. You're going to advance in life by what you're going to learn after you leave here.

Wanting to do it was much more powerful than the fright.

...and I confess that, like a child, I cry. Ah, self-pity; I think we are at our most honest and sincere when we feel sorry for ourselves.

Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.

Everybody assumes I know everything, so they send me these notes sometimes, and I don't know what they're talking about.