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I'm always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I'm going to get up in the morning.

When I write a scientific treatise, I might reach 100 people. When the 'National Geographic' covers a project, it communicates about plants and fish and underwater technology to more than 10 million people.

We've had a difficult legacy of 40 years, and cleaning up is not going to be a one day job. But we are engaged in a systematic effort, we have not allowed formation of new militia groups, and we are reforming the local police systematically so that there won't be abuse.

I had thought that if I kept myself busy, time would move faster, but no matter what I did, every second felt like an hour.

I'm not much for talking. You know what I do. I put guys in body bags when I'm right.

Just know, especially when they were infants and toddlers, the thought these two children depend on us for everything in their lives 24/7. That's a pretty incredible responsibility.

If you can forget the person you love, you have not loved enough.

Here's how I operate. When I see something I like, 20 years later, I ask her brother for her phone number. She don't even see me coming.

I'm not a blues singer, I'm a diva.

All camps are hard, that's what they're intended to be. They make you focus when you're tired, when you don't feel like doing things, and to see how long you can retain and pay attention.

A writer is seldom satisfied with the condition he finds himself in. We're all given to fretting a lot.

A song can take you to a special time in your life.

I like playing roulette, I like dice. I grew up with gamblers.

You give us the pitching some of these clubs have and no one could touch us, but God has a way of not arranging that, because it's not as much fun.

Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another.

Dick Gregory was a great comedian who went and got arrested, did hunger strikes, protests. It never hurt his career to be outspoken.

Perfectionism, of course, was something which even as a young man he had come to see as the innermost essence of talent.

Being truthful is a necessity because when I'm not being truthful it takes a toll on me. I don't have any room for it in my life. I don't have an across-the-board opinion on honesty in relationships. But for me, personally, it's paramount.

In anything, I always give my all. I'm not a good loser.

My house is very traditional. And I love 'shabby chic.' It's a very homey-cosy vibe. We spend a lot of time in the kitchen, actually; maybe my kids will be doing their homework or that kind of thing when they get home from school. I love my kitchen.