Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.

I try to get closer to reality, to get close to the contradictions. The cinema world can be a real world rather than a dream world.

Michael Haneke

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won't be able to do this.

Willie Mays

That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others.

James Thomson

I've screwed everything up royally. I remember you saying that growing up happens when you start having things you look back on and wish you could change.

Cassandra Clare

The well-bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

Oscar Wilde

Two things reduce prejudice: education and laughter.

Laurence J. Peter

Some people are willing to pay the price and it's the same with staying healthy or eating healthy. There's some discipline involved. There's some sacrifices.

Mike Ditka

I'm not confused, I'm just well mixed.

Robert Frost, quoted in Wall Str

For instance, I'm always fascinated to see whether, given the kind of fairly known and established form called popular music, whether there is some magic combination that nobody has hit upon before.

Brian Eno

Love is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can expect, considering their value on the personality market.

Erich Fromm

Obscenity is a cleansing process, whereas pornography only adds to the murk.

Henry Miller

There was a time I was very much blaming the way I felt on L.A, that it was a vacuum of creativity, of humor or anything organic, and I was really angry at the place. But then today I feel completely different - I love L.A.!

Naomi Watts