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"The best thing is looking back and realizing how good life is. If you don't take the time to think about it and analyze it, you'll never realize all the dots that are connected."
"I don't really like to call myself a brand, and I don't like to think of myself as a brand. I'm a singer, a songwriter, a musician and a performer. And an actress, and all the other things that I do. When you add it all together, some might call it a brand, but that's not my focus."
"I've had small depressions, days when I've woken up and felt sad, especially when I'm so far away from home. I've got my religion and that is my therapy, although I think it would be good for me to have someone I can talk to. But I have friends. I haven't got a therapist but maybe I should."
"I remember thinking, "My little sister is going to be something super special," because you always seemed to know what you wanted. And I'm just curious, where did that come from?"
"I think the world is filled with so much hype and PR bull. Frankly, it all comes out in the end. Good or bad, I'd rather just let our accomplishments really speak for themselves."
"Nobody's irreplaceable, including me. I think for too long we've had a cult of personality in this company and in this industry, and frankly, I'd like to see that diminish."
"When making choices, or setting policies about the economy, education or medicine, society is best served by electing people who are particularly hardworking, intelligent and interested in long-term thinking."
"The power of capitalism to mediate the gap between rich and poor is pretty incredible. Indeed, I think, year by year, the gap gets less."
"If we think long term, the younger generation here is better about embracing the world. Not seeing countries boundaries kind of an "us versus them" thing."
"I think it makes sense to believe in God, but exactly what decision in your life you make differently because of it, I don't know."
"I don't think culture is something you can describe."
"I don't think there's anything unique about human intelligence."
"Eventually you won't think of 'the Internet business.' You'll think of it more like news, weather, sports, but even that taxonomy isn't clear."
"I think the positive competition between states in India is one of the most positive dynamics that the country has."
"Success is a lousy teacher. It makes you think you know what you're doing."
"You can always think of something like the Xbox 360 as a super set-top box that can do everything the set-top box does, but then have the graphics to do the games as well."
"I think that our progress on key diseases over the next several decades is going to be pretty amazing and so I am very interested in that."
"I considered law and math. My Dad was a lawyer. I think though I would have ended up in physics if I didn't end up in computer science."
"I think (the internet) is contributing to Chinese political engagement..access to the outside world is preventing more censorship."
"When you have the medical advances you think will they be available to everyone. Will they not just be for the rich world or even just the rich people and the rich world? Will they be for the world at large?"
