I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for perfection is God's business.
I'm a dad, I'm a husband, I'm an activist, I'm a writer and I'm just a student of the world.
There's always failure. And there's always disappointment. And there's always loss. But the secret is learning from the loss, and realizing that none of those holes are vacuums.
I really love being alive. I love my family and my work. I love the opportunity I have to do things. That's what happiness is.
If I don't get food in my mouth, I'm still happy. If my pants are round my ankles, as long as I don't get arrested for indecent exposure, I'm happy. I'm worried about keeping my hair, not how it's combed.
I'm going to marry a Jewish woman because I like the idea of getting up Sunday morning and going to the deli.
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for perfection is God's business.
My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.
I really love being alive. I love my family and my work. I love the opportunity I have to do things. That's what happiness is.
There's always failure. And there's always disappointment. And there's always loss. But the secret is learning from the loss, and realizing that none of those holes are vacuums.
No, I got a GED in my 30s. My kids know that I never stop learning, and they know I love reading. I have books overflowing everywhere. I am current on today's events and I read the paper every day, and we talk about it, so they see that appetite.
But the key to our marriage is the capacity to give each other a break. And to realize that it's not how our similarities work together it's how our differences work together.
Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur.
I'm going to marry a Jewish woman because I like the idea of getting up Sunday morning and going to the deli.
I worked very hard on those movies but there was some creative connection that wasn't being made.