I started out as a 16 year old registering people to vote.
Registering people to vote is not partisan activity.
There are some people in politics and in the press who can't be confused by the facts. They just will not live in an evidence-based world. And that's regrettable.
People have pain - they do regrettable things, they feel shame, and shame equals pain.
Black people are more likely to be incarcerated than white people. That's just a fact and it's regrettable and it's got to change.
I've had some pretty good arguments with people, but I've never regretted it. I've had people come up where it's all emotion and no fact. That's always sad.
At this very moment in time there will be people making, breaking relationships, regretting deeply what they've done, and causing hurt, but that is a fact of life, and if we weren't full of emotion, we'd be automatons, and I don't think people want us to be that.
To me, it's always interesting to see what people end up regretting, as a way maybe to avoid such regrets in your own life.
As human beings, we create belief systems that make us feel happy with the choices we make. Youβd have a lot of unhappy people regretting everything if they didnβt create the belief system in which they could explain all their choices and feel like theyβve done the right thing.
Today, certain people file for bankruptcy, businesses and individuals, and it no longer has the stigma it once had. Now it's almost considered wise, a way to regroup and come back again.
I want to help give people the ability to stop and take just a few minutes a day to regroup and refocus: to give them a chance to get perspective on the things that matter and the things that don't.
If you hang out with a bunch of sad sacks who think the world sucks and there's no possibility, you'll start to believe that. But if you hang out with people who think everything is possible and actually do the impossible on a regular basis, you will believe that, and you will be able to achieve that.
New York was at the forefront of rap, so because of all the great people who have gone before me, being a rapper from Queens, I have to live up to those standards. I'm basically just a regular guy who says what he feels and likes to joke. I like long walks on the beach... and I love rap.
I don't think people want to see me as a regular guy; besides, I'm a regular guy in real life. I guess I just want to be reckless in my work.
I'm really into the human interest thing. I really like regular people.
The reason I get so excited about 'Master of None' is because it's showing people of color as regular people.
I always looked at rock & roll as the voice of regular people, of an economic group not in charge.
Ego is one of the biggest weapons that is used to take us down. It's self-destructive. It's a problem on all levels - even regular people can have big ego problems.
The one thing that I do is take really complicated systems and subjects and make them accessible to regular people.
I get the hypocrisy thing, but any human being is allowed to have a public and private face, and celebrities should have the same rights as regular people to decide what cards they lay down and what cards they hide.
