Happiness is a real, objective phenomenon, scientifically verifiable. That means people and whole societies can now be measured over time and compared accurately with one another. Causes and cures for unhappiness can be quantified.
As a journalist, you have to have multiple sources and verifiable science, and when you've done that and satisfied the most skeptical voice in your head, you have an obligation to ride through the streets - let people know what's going on.
I know that if enough people shout a falsehood, people start to think it's true and a lot of people don't do independent verification of everything they hear.
My job is to get to the heart of a story, to find out what's really going on; to get it verified and, then, to get it out to as many people as possible as fast as.
Have you ever seen people so ugly that you have to get someone else to verify it?
The problem with people who are afraid of imagination, of fantasy, is that their world becomes so narrow that I don't see how they can imagine beyond what their senses can verify. We know from science that there are entire worlds that our senses can't verify.
Vetting and verifying information is one thing. Having our government sending out conflicting messages to the American people when conflict can be avoided is another.
It was amazing and inspiring to see so many people come together through music to aid the great state of Vermont.
I think people expect me to dress a bit like Veronica from 'Shameless,' in vest tops and denim skirts.
I've learned that people will seldom let you down if they understand that your destiny is in their hands, and vice versa.
I wish more Americans would travel here. I always encourage my friends: 'Travel. See the Middle East. There's so much to see, so many good people.' And it's vice versa, and it helps stop problems of misunderstanding and stereotypes from happening.
The idea is not to please the most amount of people. Growing up in Versailles, the idea was to please the least amount of people.
Growing up in Versailles is like growing up in a museum, and the people living there are almost the security.
My father Lloyd Bridges was very versatile in his parts, but he had a hit in the '60s 'Sea Hunt,' where he played a skin diver. And he was so into that role that people actually thought he was a skin-diver.
I push myself in a lot of aspects when I write a song. I write a piece and where most people would stop and say, 'Oh, that's the hook right there,' I'll move that to the first four bars of the verse and do a new hook.
How terrible would it have been if I had come out with some watered-down version of who I am? People fell in love with the real me, and I still feel blessed that that was how the journey began.
I think the greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.
From my vertical, people, especially men, don't realize what clothes can do for their self-esteem, the way they see themselves, their confidence.
I think I might not be the best vertical athlete, but I think I'm quicker than people give me credit for. That was the biggest knock on me coming out of college.
Everybody knows things are not the same. The people running the TV end of a major vertically integrated company know how much money a successful show can make.
