I've dated people who I thought were going to be a big deal in my life, and I've also spent long periods by myself.

My mother had lived in London since I was little, so she never got to see my school plays and stuff.

The thing I don't like on television is when somebody does something that makes absolutely no sense just for the shock of it.

Be truthful, say what you mean and mean what you say, don't ignore the given circumstances.

You may be sensitive inside, but what I see on the outside is a soldier.

I'm gonna try to talk about this in a secular way, but where's the spirituality of just being a person? I think it contributes to this rise in bad manners and mean comments; people are being driven by seeking something that's just designed to keep them seeking something. I'm not reducing people in this age to phone-addicted dum-dums, but we have to remind ourselves to also study compassion and inner life as well.

That's the thing that always stuck out to me - the idea that quantity becomes quality. I always took it to mean if you do anything enough, if you keep putting effort in, eventually something will happen, with or without you. You don't have to have faith when you start out, you just have to dedicate yourself to practice as if you have it.