"It is not virtuous in any way to put yourself down, or to punish yourself, because you do not feel you have lived up to your best behavior at any given time."
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"I have a way of finding what is true for me, and it’s not finished yet."
"The problem with competition is that it takes away the requirement to set your own path, to invent your own method, to find a new way."
"No one knows more about the way you think than you do."
"Most things don't stay the way they are very long."
"I do not see my family life in any way, shape, or form as an opportunity for a photo."
"The fact that you are not sure means that it is possible that there is another way someday."
"To me, the theatre - I don't like to say it, but I'll say it - is a temple in a kind of way, where human beings go to be elevated."
"I try to look for the good in everybody, regardless of the way they're labeled."
"I'm English, definitely. I don't feel like I'm American in any way."
"The only way to 'find out if it will work out' is to do it."
"I find, when you're an optimist, life has a funny way of looking after you."
"The path up is the path down. The way forward is the way back. The universe inside is outside but the universe outside is inside."
"The easiest way to get brainwashed is to be born."
"The bad one is that way because of the ignorance, therefore he can be healed with wisdom."
"It seems to be my destiny to discourse on truth, insofar as I discover it, in such a way that all possible authority is simultaneously demolished."
"Meditation is the only way you can transcend the negative thoughts, and then positive thoughts will come spontaneously & automatically."
"All you can do is make something that you like and feel proud of and then just hope for the best and try to get out of its way."
"Comic books are just a way to show a story. Then there are the movies, and television and exhibits like this that take the stories and make them seem so realistic. In the comic book, you're just reading a story - hopefully a good, exciting story that whets your appetite for all of this stuff to come."
"Never gamble without knowing a back way out."