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Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.

The reason why parents mistreat their children has less to do with character and temperament than with the fact that they were mistreated themselves and were not permitted to defend themselves.

Money is like a sixth sense, and you can't make use of the other five without it.

My parents didn't agree with what was going on, you know, with the communists coming in, Fidel Castro. I didn't see the reason why I needed to go back there and be a part of that exhibition.

International law says people fighting for self-determination can use force in order to achieve their independence.

What shapes our actions is basically what shapes our desire. Desire makes us act and when we act what we do will either lead to a greater integration or disintegration within our personalities, minds, and bodies - and to the strengthening or deterioration of our relationship to God, others, and the world. The habits and disciplines we use to shape our desire form the basis for a spirituality.

As you watch 'Documented' on CNN, I ask you, my fellow Americans: What do you want to do with me? What do you want to do with us? How do you define American?

বিয়ের আগে সে ভাবতো, প্রেম ছাড়া জীবন অচল, এখন মনে করে ওটা একটা ভোঁতা ধারণা, জীবনে এর কোনো প্রয়োজনই নেই, বরং একটা বিড়ম্বনা। বিড়ম্বনা এই জন্যেই, এর কোনো রয়ে-সয়ে চলার ক্ষমতা নেই, এ শুধু আড়ম্বর চায়, লোক দেখানো বৈভব চায়।

Now, so, if you want to blame someone for wasteful spending, the Republicans are in the majority.

Even though I scoffed at the use of alcohol or recreational drugs as coping mechanisms for the pains of the world; in the David and Goliath battle of me against the entire world, these pills are the armour that allow me to gallantly storm the ramparts of society.

To admit regret is to understand that we are fallible - that there are powers beyond us. To admit regret is to lose control not only of a difficult past but of the very story we tell about our present. To admit sincere and abiding regret is one of our greatest but unspoken contemporary sins.

There is no greater misery than false joys.

In our home there was always prayer - aloud, proud and unapologetic.

Most people would say safety was my best position. To me, the biggest challenge and most gratifying thing I got out of playing football was playing corner, because it was a bigger challenge than playing safety. Playing corner provided me my biggest thrills and my biggest headaches.

The most important benefit of making mistakes is Learning.

A political race today, even a primary, is $150 million. The whole political system has become obscene in terms of the absurd amount of money that is required to compete. Just put it on ESPN and call it a sporting event.

Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It's made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!

I'm very careful about saying who would and wouldn't go to heaven. I don't know.

When I joined the Lakers and moved to L.A., I started getting more serious about collecting sneakers and dressing from the feet up.

Empathy is the ability to step outside of your own bubble and into the bubbles of other people. Empathy is the ability that allows us to be useful creatures on this planet; without empathy, we are a waste of oxygen in this world. Without empathy, we are lower than animals. Empathy is the ability that allows us the perception of things around us, outside of ourselves; so a person without empathy is a limited human being, someone who will only live half of a life.