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Student is #1. If a student comes to me and needs an hour after class of my time, I am going to give him everything without hesitation.
We didn't wish -- wishes are wasted... We didn't hope -- because our future was inevitable... And we didn't pray -- we were on our own.
I've always said when age or infirmity gets the better of me, I'm off to whichever civilised country lets the elderly die with dignity.
My dad is my dad, but he's not there physically anymore. But she lets me call her 'Dad' - that's the last little piece of Dad I've got.
My partners... taught me that in order to create wealth, I needed to pair up with people whose strengths compensated for my weaknesses.
I used to follow trends and try to do exactly what I saw in the magazines, but I'm not a Victoria's Secret model who can wear anything.
Being alone & actually sitting with our own thoughts can lead to such growth and realizations that are rare in our everyday busy lives.
When my younger sisters were born, I was in high school and college. I was at my mom's all the time but never changed them or fed them.
Someone gave me the Love Languages book, and that has been the best book I've ever read about relationships and has helped me the most.
When I work with my art department on putting imagery together for my blog posts I always think, 'Would I pin this?' That really helps.
As much as the glasses, it's the Englishness and the gangliness. The apparent lack of muscularity... they indicate I'm not a macho man.
In west London where I live, white people are a minority. In the area I am in, which is the borough of Brent, whites are less than 50%.
I was born and raised a guido. It's just a lifestyle, it's being Italian, it's representing, family, friends, tanning, gel, everything.
Everything is blurred on what's right and what's wrong. Sin becomes fine. Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there.
There is no poverty in life when you have a loving, peaceful, happy family. They are a gift which cannot be bought nor traded for gold.
My routine is to ride that snooze button as far as it will take me, take a quick shower, get dressed in the dark and bolt out the door.
At the end of the day what matters most is that we can cut through the pettiness and drama when it really counts and support each other.
It is one thing to go through a divorce, and quite another to have the rug ripped out from under you in a very publicly humiliating way.
The failure to be perfect does not mean you are not a success; it is giving your best that helps you to understand the joy of receiving.
I'm thinking about American votes and American - all Americans, black or white have to be concerned about what's happening in the world.
When for so long you can't get a job for reasons that seem specious, you you finally do have it, you are constantly afraid of losing it.
Don't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.
If you'd have told me five years ago that I'd have done all this - two books, some television and everything - I'd panic, I'd be scared.
In my real life, hard work, doing my job, working well with others and finding solutions without drama has never gotten me fired before.
I'm ashamed of what has happened to Canada. And I'm not leaving a $1.5 trillion deficit to my kids. No chance in hell is that happening.
We live in the public eye, so if one of us makes a mistake, it affects everyone, which makes me think about what I'm doing in life more.
A lot of people have strong beliefs, but they don't have the confidence to really stick to them. I really respect Kanye [West] for that.
I'm strong enough and have a pretty thick skin, but when people go after my kids, I just hit block-delete, block-delete. It's my mantra.
We've all grown wary of being lied to online - let's face it, dudes are always exaggerating their heights - so trust is a hot commodity.
Your Friday and Saturday nights are sacred. When a new guy asks for a prime-time date early on, suggest drinks and make him the warm-up.
...we are entitled to make almost any reasonable assumption, but should resist making conclusions until evidence requires that we do so.
I would sooner die of a taipan bite then tell my dad that I got bitten by a taipan. Because my nose would bleed from his kicking my ass.
Whenever someone says I'm the next Oprah, I always respond, 'Child, there's only one Mahogany, and only one Oprah.' There are no others.
I was always the lead role in plays. I like entertaining people. I like when you're on stage doing crazy stuff and the audience gets it.
High on the list of things I've been meaning to do since I moved to New York in 2004 is going up to a Columbia University football game.
Sex? Unfortunately, as you get older - and I shouldn't admit this - there are other things that become more important in your daily life.
If my wife made childhood obesity her mission and I signed a law making 1/8 cup of tomato paste a vegetable, I'd be sleeping on the sofa.
My parents used to say to me to save. Always save. They also told me to invest in properties and to never go over your monthly allowance.
I know NBC pays my salary but I have never doubted who I work for. I think about the people who watch. They're the ones who matter to me.
I can't just only be on reality TV and show everything when it's the fairy princess, fairytale, and then not take my hits when I have to.
There's a level of protection you need to give to your kids, and then sometimes you need to just let them figure out things on their own.
Cakes are special. Every birthday, every celebration ends with something sweet, a cake, and people remember. It's all about the memories.
If you can't get pregnant for whatever reason, it's great to know that there are options available for people that want to have a family.
In the absurd idiocy of identity regressive politics, looting is seen as protest, and protecting one's own property is seen as privilege.
Imagination allows us to conceive of delightful future possibilities, pick the most amazing one, and pull the present forward to meet it.
With every positive, there is a negative across the board in life. It's about choosing to see the positive and working with the negative.
I've only fallen in love once, and once was enough for me, but that doesn't mean my eyes won't wander, and it doesn't mean I won't flirt!
I do not own a single security anywhere that doesn't pay a dividend, and I formed a mutual-fund company with that very simple philosophy.
I recommend hiding for a good year and having no pregnancy style. That's what I recommend. If you can do it, hide. Never leave the house.
I love that my friends are sometimes even 20, 30 years older than me - that I can just sit and enjoy their company and their experiences.