You don't win by wishing for your competitor or enemy to be weak and broke

Being rejected by someone you knew you never stood a chance with is like pouring salt on a wound that already has salt in it. It preserves the hurt.

Being in touch with your strengths and weaknesses, as well as what motivates you, will help you be more successful in your job.

My father used to always give me a basketball, a skate board, and a bike every Christmas. That's all I wanted every year.

Religion is a Snare and a Racket.

I used to be teased for the way I wore my hair at school. I used to do things like wear a different-colored sock on each leg.

I live in a village where people still care about each other, largely.

Bigotry is ever the child of ignorance, and the cultivation of the understanding is the only radical cure for it.

That was an important thing to learn - the more preparation you do the more a subject will respect you. But also, the more you'll think about what the real story is.

The day after that wedding night I found that a distance of a thousand miles, abyss and discovery and irremediable metamorphosis, separated me from the day before.

I'm a self-taught musician aside from what I've been able to pick up from other players.