You just decide what your values are in life and what you are going to do, and then you feel like you count, and that makes life worth living. It makes my life meaningful. – Annie Lennox
One of the things that I found very confronting in my early working life was that people thought I was some sensitive doe-eyed lovelorn boy, because they’d seen me do that a couple of times. What tends to happen is you get a run of similar roles. – Ben Mendelsohn
People think it’s a terrible tragedy when somebody has Alzheimer’s. But in my mother’s case, it’s different. My mother has been unhappy all her life. For the first time in her life, she’s happy. – Amy Tan
It’s not some big event that creates the drama, it’s the little things of everyday life that bring about that drama. – Asghar Farhadi
I didn’t have any role models. I really thought I was doomed to this loveless, lonely life. I didn’t know any gay people until I began doing theater. – Bryan Batt
If I wasn’t dyslexic, I probably wouldn’t have won the Games. If I had been a better reader, then that would have come easily, sports would have come easily… and I never would have realized that the way you get ahead in life is hard work. – Caitlyn Jenner
There was a period in my life when I would say no, and I didn’t know why I was saying no. In most cases, it was out of fear, just trying to be safe. Because ‘no’ will keep you safe. ‘No’ won’t draw attention to you. But all the cool things are on the other side of ‘Yes, And.’ – Ali Farahnakian
Life is just more comfortable if you’re honest and open about everything. I spent so many years being in the closet about one thing or another. – Antony Sher
I don’t mean to be overly sensitive or anything like that, but you just have to take a minute in every day, and just reflect on where you are, and just realise what you’ve got, because you just never know where the next huge change in your life is going to come from. – Corey Taylor
I’ve been a professional rugby player all my life; I don’t really know anything different. – Brian O’Driscoll
But in practice master plans fail – because they create totalitarian order, not organic order. They are too rigid; they cannot easily adapt to the natural and unpredictable changes that inevitably arise in the life of a community. – Christopher Alexander
I, like a lot of people who are creative, need to step away. I can’t have stuff to write about if I don’t have a life. If I talk to people, hang out with my friends and hang out with my husband, I feel like I have better things to bring to the table. – Carrie Underwood
The idea of singing and dancing throughout my life and finding that bliss is something I wanted to express and explore within myself and hopefully spread that idea to other people. – Brie Larson
All we need to do, reader or writer, from first line to final page, is be as open as a book, and be alive to the life in language – on all its levels. – Ali Smith
I started classes and it wasn’t because I was like, ‘I want to be an actor!’ – I was really interested in the theory of what acting can be and what it’s about. It’s all about living in the moment and kind of being present, which is something that at that time in my life I really wanted to explore. – Caity Lotz
Any art worthy of its name should address ‘life’, ‘man’, ‘nature’, ‘death’ and ‘tragedy’. – Barnett Newman
I, Alexander B. Campbell, make this statement of the cause of my death to relieve the coroner of the necessity of an inquest, and also let my friends know the motive that led me to take my own life. – Alex Campbell
We discussed politics, but we also talked about the importance of hard work, personal responsibility, living within your means, keeping your word. Those lessons stay with you throughout your life. – Bob Ehrlich
Life inside successful Web startups – especially the really successful ones – can be nasty, brutish, and short. As companies grow exponentially, egos clash, investors jockey for control, and business complexities rapidly exceed the managerial abilities of the founders. – Brad Stone
What’s taking place during stress is actually much simpler than a transaction between stressful life events and you. There aren’t two parties involved in stress. There is only one – your own mind. – Andrew J. Bernstein
There has to be a way to live the life you’re accustomed to and not sacrifice things. Americans are not very good about sacrificing. – Barry Sternlicht
When I tell children that they are far too dependent on their gizmos, they do not deny it. But they really don’t care. This is their real life – texting about trivial things; listening to numbing music on their private headphones. The machines block everything out – you create your own little trivial world. – Bill O’Reilly
They do not air ‘GH’ in Holland, so I don’t get recognized. But the Dutch are wonderfully unimpressed with celebrity, so even if the show did play over there it probably wouldn’t affect things much. It’s a wonderful life and I am so blessed. – Anthony Geary
I have always held those political opinions which point to the universal brotherhood of man, no matter in what rank of life he may have taken his origin. – Alexander Mackenzie
You might try the gym from time to time. It really is something you can incorporate into your life pretty seamlessly. – Anderson Cooper
Gamble, cheat, lie, and steal. Let me explain: Gamble for your best shot in life – dare to take risks. Cheat those who would have you be less than you are. Lie in the arms of those you love. And finally, steal every moment of happiness. – Caitlyn Jenner
I try to go throughout my daily life just as if nothing has changed, but you don’t have much anonymity anymore, which feels really good. People come up, and say hi and they enjoy your work. – Adam Lambert
