The product Disney created actually changed a life, and that was significant to them. They didn't stand in my way at all.

I mentioned before, these [classic Disney films] are classic mythological tales, a hero's journey, and have been told for thousands of years. Disney has updated them, and made them accessible for us.

There is much institutionalized racism in The Netherlands and the non-White population is just now beginning to fight for their rights.

While growing up, I lived in my own fantasy world. I had kind of a rough childhood, so I created my own reality.

That is what I was more drawn to - creating stories while changing and altering reality.

I didn't have a lot of exposure to films as a kid, and I never went to the cinema. I had a single mom who just planted me in front of the television.

The relationship between a director and an editor in documentaries is so important.

Owen [Suskind], in a sense, grew up on a diet of myth and fable, and has become an expert on their themes, which contain a moral guide that connects people.

Uganda can greatly benefit from American evangelicals if they separate the Scott Lively extremists from the Rick Warren-type of moderate evangelicals.

I saw footage of a well-known pastor holding a Bible and saying, "This book says homosexuals should be killed."

Someone told me once that I'm worse than a dog, I'm the scum of the earth, so for me it was draining.

Calm is not a place where there is no noise or activity. It is the ability to be in the midst of these, yet experiencing peace within.

If we wish to grow in grace in the knowledge of God, we must study the Scriptures.

I just like short hair on women I think it's cool.

The world is ready for a mystic revolution, a discovery of the God in each of us.

[Police chiefs ] want support, they want more training, they want more assistance. And I think the federal government could be in a position where we would offer and provide that.

Guns make you stupidbetter to fight your wars with duct tape. Duct tape makes you smart.

Don't confuse who you are with the results that you produce.

They are representations of many shared hours of collaboration between us all. That's the real nature of the relationship the orchestra and I are trying to build.

The heart of mathematics is its problems.

Don't be afraid. There are exquisite things in store for you. This is merely the beginning.