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My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.

I don't know whether your heart ever necessarily changes, but time changes the way that you perceive the world. And you just hope it gives you more empathy and all those other things.

Instead of receding, the past actually becomes more important. That's what will happen to you. It sounds unlikely, but the past actually changes complexion as you get older.

We were fortunate to have the Russians as our childhood enemies. We practiced hiding under our desks in case they had the temerity to drop a nuclear weapon.

We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.

Here's a bunch of people practising a new set of behavioural norms. Apparently it didn't work because a lot of them got sick. That's the conclusion. You don't necessarily know why it happened. But you start there.

I see tremendous imbalance in the world. A very uneven playing field, which has gotten tilted very badly. I consider it unstable. At the same time, I don't exactly see what is going to reverse it.

Eine umfangreiche und faire Diskussion ist die Grundlage der Demokratie

A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.

Für Menschen, denen das Leben Steine in den Weg gelegt hat, ist es viel einfacher, Veränderungen zu verarbeiten. Nur kleine Geister haben Angst vor der Veränderung.

For people who have... had curve balls thrown at them, it is easier to digest change and digest change in other people. Change only scares the small-minded.

Ich glaube unsere Finanzmärkte sind extrem unstabil. Wir machen uns ein falsches Bild von ihnen, wenn wir glauben, dass sie zum Gleichgewicht tendieren.

I put forward a pretty general theory that financial markets are intrinsically unstable. That we really have a false picture when we think about markets tending towards equilibrium.

The worse a situation becomes the less it takes to turn it around, the bigger the upside.

Manche Menschen würden lieber Sterben als zu Vergeben. Komischerweise ist Vergebung ein schmerzhafter und schwerer Prozess. Es passiert nicht über Nacht. Es ist eine Evolution des Herzens.

I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It's a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult process. It's not something that happens overnight. It's an evolution of the heart.

The financial markets generally are unpredictable. So that one has to have different scenarios... The idea that you can actually predict what's going to happen contradicts my way of looking at the market.

Here is where our real selfhood is rooted, in the divine spark or seed, in the image of God imprinted on the human soul. The True Self is not our creation, but God's. It is the self we are in our depths. It is our capacity for divinity and transcendence.

Empathy is the most mysterious transaction that the human soul can have, and it's accessible to all of us, but we have to give ourselves the opportunity to identify, to plunge ourselves in a story where we see the world from the bottom up or through another's eyes or heart.

All cultures are different. Some commit genocide. Some are uniquely peaceful. Some frequent bathhouses in groups. Some don't show each other the soles of their shoes or like pictures taken of them. Some have enormous hunting festivals or annual stretches when nobody speaks. Some don't use electricity.

Unraveling external selves and coming home to our real identity is the true meaning of soul work.

On weekends, I sit in a lounge chair on my balcony. I love to be outside when the weather's right. I can stay there pretty much all day.

My family would be supportive if I said I wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make love to ashtrays, and eat tree bark.

I have a very bad relationship with mice.

When I was young, I asked my priest how you could get to Heaven and still protect yourself from all the evil in the world. He told me what God said to his children. You are sheep among wolves. Be wise as serpents, yet innocent as doves.

Ich habe das Gefühl, jeder gefährlichen Situation trotzen zu können, die mich erwartet. Vorausgesetzt, ich habe einen Hammer dabei.

I feel like I'm ready for any dangerous situation that might come my way, provided I have a hammer on me.

Besiegt zu werden ist ein vorübergehender Zustand. Erst das Aufgeben macht ihn permanent.

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

Teenager denken, dass sie sich besser konzentrieren können, wenn sie bei den Hausaufgaben Musik hören. Das stimmt nicht. Es lenkt sie nur von der Langeweile ab, die ihre Hausaufgaben in ihnen hervorruft.

Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces.

Um sich Wissen anzueignen, muss man lernen; aber um sich Weisheit anzueignen, muss man beobachten.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

Sometimes there is more exploration in the character for a villain.

We want young people to know what they believe, why they believe it. I believe America was built on the Judeo-Christian ethic; I want to see the nation return to the Judeo-Christian ethic.

A pastor has to be media-savvy if he's going to reach everybody. I don't mean to be ugly and harsh, but to be forthright and candid. And the result is that people that don't like you start listening.

Die Zeit um glücklich zu sein ist jetzt. Der Ort um glücklich zu sein ist hier.

The time to be happy is now, and the place to be happy is here.

As kids, our experiences shape our opinions of ourselves and the world around us, and that's who we become as adults.

For me, life is about experience and being a good person.

People who put themselves on the line and sacrifice their own safety for the greater good and for others, and anyone in any profession whose concern is the welfare for other people instead of the individual, are inspiring and important.

The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country.

We will see a breakdown of the family and family values if we decide to approve same-sex marriage, and if we decide to establish homosexuality as an acceptable alternative lifestyle with all the benefits that go with equating it with the heterosexual lifestyle.

Es gibt keine Voraussetzungen für Wert. Man wird wertvoll geboren. Ich glaube, es gibt viele Frauen, die diese Aussage hören müssen.

There's no prerequisites to worthiness. You're born worthy, and I think that's a message a lot of women need to hear.

I do not believe we can blame genetics for adultery, homosexuality, dishonesty and other character flaws.

I think I've lived long enough to understand that plans really are very overrated.

Taste and love are not the servants of the will. Love is and must be free. It rises from the heart like perfume from a flower.

A great man does not seek applause or place; he seeks for truth; he seeks the road to happiness, and what he ascertains, he gives to others.

At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing. I've been in a generally good mood ever since.

Know where to find the sunrise and sunset times and note how the sky looks at those times, at least once.

Your internal dialogue has got to be different from what you say. And, you know, in film, hopefully that registers and speaks volumes. It's always the unspoken word and what's happening behind someone's eyes that makes it so rich.

I know that love is real when it's not convenient, when it's not selfish, when it's challenged, sometimes even if it's not reciprocated.

The only picture I have of my childhood is the picture of me in kindergarten. I have this expression on my face - it's not a smile, it's not a frown. I swear to you, that's the girl who wakes up in the morning and who looks around her house and her life saying, 'I cannot believe how God has blessed me.'

There is a quiet about the life of a farmer, and the hope of a serene old age, that no other business or profession can promise.

A great man is a torch in the darkness, a beacon in superstition's night, an inspiration and a prophecy.

Das hier ist kein Disstrack, kein Image, keine Attitüde
Jedes Wort ist echt, ich erzähle, was ich fühle
Ja, ich werde müde, doch der Bra ist nicht zu bremsen
Ich schenke Leuten Liebe und sie hab'n sie nicht zu schätzen

Was ich zu sagen habe, ist viel wichtiger als die Länge meiner Augenbrauen.

What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are.

Um erfolgreich zu sein, ist die eigene Einstellung genauso wichtig, wie die eigenen Fähigkeiten.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

Demokratie steht nicht still. Sie ist eine lebendige Macht. Jede neue Idee, jede neue Erfindung kann sowohl gut, als auch böse sein.

Democracy is not static. It is a living force. Every new idea, every new invention offers opportunity for both good and evil.