Every accepted public quote

“Before I became a writer, I was running a jazz bar in the center of Tokyo, which means that I worked in filthy air all the time late into the night. I was very excited when I started making...”

“I have so much appreciation for how those two cultures have created who I am. I'm a full-blooded Brazilian, with an entire extended family of Brazilians, but I was born and raised in the U.S...”

“no need to fake it, make it!”

“I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me.”

“People across metro Detroit face discrimination every day in housing, employment, insurance - the list goes on. It might not always be explicit and in your face, but my residents know when t...”

“I gladly, I voluntarily gave up the kind of commercial film career I had going as soon as I had enough money to finance my own films.”

“My lad chewed and swallowed a dictionary. We gave him Epsom salts - but we can't get a word out of him.”

“After '45, Ben Gurion started to organize the Zionist movement and the conference in Baltimore. At this convention, they decided that the helm of the Zionist movement has to be a Jewish comm...”

“The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing.”

“At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.”

“Stuffed cherry tomatoes are satisfying without being filling and make a great alternative to bread-based starters. You can assemble these appetizers ahead of time and refrigerate them until...”

“Modern minimalism has become less strict over time with a wider range of textures and materials, with other cozier layers.”

“We are commanded to love God with all our minds, as well as with all our hearts, and we commit a great sin if we forbid or prevent that cultivation of the mind in others which would enable t...”

“A lot of nerds aren't aware they're nerds. A geek has thrown his hands up to the universe and gone, 'I speak Klingon - who am I fooling? You win! I'm just gonna openly like what I like.' Gee...”

“And when I was saying I want to become number one of the world and I was 7, 8 years old, most of the people were laughing to me. Because you know, it seemed like I have one percent chances t...”

“I think I've been very fortunate, considering the obstacles that I had to deal with, you know, just being - by virtue of being a brown, lovely, brown-skinned man. But on the other hand, I've...”

“Kindness and awareness work together. Through awareness we understand the underlying beauty of everything and every being.”

“We recognize Taiwan as the beacon of Asian democracy.”

“I think I failed miserably on NewsRadio. I was very nervous because of the caliber of the cast - especially Dave Foley - so I think I did a terrible job.”

“When you've been in life-threatening situations, you become aware that life is not for ever.”

“Numerous studies, and my own experience as a serial entrepreneur, have proven that companies with a diverse management team provide greater financial returns to investors.”

“How poor this world would be without its graves, without the memories of its mighty dead. Only the voiceless speak forever.”

“I especially love French, Italian and Japanese cuisines.”

“Traveling is the worst for skin, and it shows instantly. Once you're working non-stop, you can instantly see it.”

“You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you...”

“We have a nanny in the house, but there are always times when one of my kids does something bad or wrong, and they'll listen to me more than they do the nanny. So I think it's important to s...”

“I started as a music director in Punjab and then started singing.”

“A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity. We're all blessed with a lot of timidity and a lot of worry and anxiety, and vanity is a good antidote.”

“Life is a Festival of celebration.”

“The lust to meet authors ranks low, I think, on the roll of holy appetites; but it is an authentic pang.”

“I am an ambassador for a nonprofit organization and I love being able to help people crush their barriers. I recently wrote a book. I want to do more with my life and help people do more wit...”

“Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.”

“My family, as you can probably guess, was more into Christmas cookies and not so much the fruitcake.”

“Russia is now very far from being a communist country, but when I walked around Moscow, I kept glimpsing these haunting images. There were statues of Lenin and some neon signs of the hammer...”

“Even though Richmond is a three-quarter mile, it's a fast short track... So it gives you - maybe you could call it a false of security a little bit, but it seems to be working for me.”

“If the economy can only provide a diminishing political dividend, Chinese leaders will encourage their people to feel pride and vigor in other ways.”

“The right-wing of the Republican party isn't so much a political agenda as a plea for help.”

“In some of the great cities of Europe - Paris, Vienna, Prague, and Brussels - tourists bored with life above ground can descend below. All these cities have sewer museums and tours, and all...”

“A yacht is not for me. I don't enjoy it.”

“The Special Ops community has always been about mental toughness.”

“I hallowed out my Bible to put another, smaller Bible inside.”

“By the time I was ready for college, I didn't know what I wanted to do. I think I secretly wanted a show business career, but I was suppressing it.”

“Femininity in general is seen as frivolous. People often say feminine people are doing 'the most,' meaning that to don a dress, heels, lipstick and big hair is artifice, fake, and a distract...”

“Americans rightly asked, if this is the way our government responds to a natural disaster it knew about days in advance, how would it respond to a surprise terrorist attack? How would it res...”

“Looking back, I realize my favorite stories weren't in books, they were in comics. On top of being a history enthusiast, my father was also a comics fan, and he kept his stash in the top dra...”

“When humans were young, they were pushed around in strollers. When they were old, they were pushed around in wheelchairs. In between, they were just pushed around.”

“For me, my number one Hollywood role model is Jennifer Lopez.”

“My job stays the same, whether we're acting by candlelight, against a green screen, or on a stage somewhere. Which is just as well, because I really couldn't do anything else.”