When you reminisce aren't the times that someone's forcing you to reminisce. You reminisce other times in your life.
Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
A lot of comedians get a bad rep once they have kids and that's all they talk about, and people are like, 'I don't want to hear about your kids!' I'm like, 'Prepare yourselves. That's all I'm going to talk about.'
The post-presidency, as Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton have proved, is a win-win. Money, Nobels, the ability to leverage your global celebrity for any cause or hobbyhorse you wish, plus freedom to grab the mike whenever the urge takes you without any terminal repercussions.
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
The best way to supervise your men is from their reports that they make out.
If you know something is morally reprehensible, then it is your moral obligation to stop it as soon as possible.
It's a representation of yourself, and you can express a lot of your creativity with what your wearing.
Most of your life after puberty, you're either seeking to reproduce or living with the consequences of having done so. At 70, you start going back to being 11 again.
If your mind is at work, we're in danger of reproducing another cliche. If we can keep our minds out of it and our thoughts out of it, maybe we'll come up with something original.
Film is better than digital in every way. It has better contrast ratio, better blacks, and better color reproduction. It's a more organic image, which is more the way your eyes see.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
Open your mouth and purse cautiously, and your stock of wealth and reputation shall, at least in repute, be great.
Fail, and your friends feel superior. Succeed, and they feel resentful.
Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all.
Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.
If you are working in a publicly subsidized building, then you have a responsibility to deliver truly interesting, risky, innovative, even provocative work. Work that speaks to your audience in many resonant ways. The priority is less about the financial rewards.
Sound is energy, and that energy resonates with your energy. And it gives you a certain feeling.
You just have to tell your authentic stories, and hopefully, it resonates. Whatever your story is, you just have to tell it authentically.
It feels good to have your work respected again.
