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In an age in which the media broadcast countless pieces of foolishness, the educated man is defined not by what he knows, but by what he doesn't know.

Never underestimate your power to change yourself; never overestimate your power to change others.

Oh gosh, I noticed dramatic changes in my body after I started doing yoga, but I also think you have to shake things up.

I have always respected education, which is why I actually went back secretly and taught school for eight years.

People are going to see both of us and think it's an Abbott and Costello kind of thing. It's not an easy switch. It's not an easy transition from TV to film.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

Don’t demand respect; earn it. Don’t expect loyalty; build it.

The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.

It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.

I spent most of my days in school being a class clown. I never shut up. By the time I was in middle school, I had myself a personal aide.

I got food poisoning in Venezuela, and it sucked!

A human being is a deciding being.

It's with such profound happiness. Such a hallelujah. Hallelujah, I shout, hallelujah merging with the darkest human howl of the pain of separation but a shout of diabolic joy. Because no one can hold me back now. I can still reason - I studied mathematics, which is the madness of reason - but now I want the plasma - I want to eat straight from the placenta. I am a little scared: scared of surrendering completely because the next instant is unknown. The next instant, do I make it? or does it make itself? We make it together with our breath. And with the flair of the bullfighter in the ring.

Sunshine all the time makes a desert.

I spend my life mostly disproving conspiracies.

When I first went to 'National Geographic,' I thought I was the least qualified person to step through the doors. But because of my parents and the culture of continual learning they imposed on us, I later came to believe I was the most qualified person who ever worked there.

Working in an office with an array of electronic devices is like trying to get something done at home with half a dozen small children around. The calls for attention are constant.

I knew, back when I was starting up, that if I had something that could be developed for the mass market, I could really take it forward.

I am a huge, huge fan of the plain white tee. A good-fitting, vintage plain white t-shirt, like the 'boyfriend shirt', is the sexiest thing a girl can wear. It goes with anything, fancy or casual.

I have just one fiddle. It works, and that's it. It has been an old friend.