Spiritual effort and the joy that comes from understanding life go hand in hand like physical exertion and rest. Without physical exertion, there is no joy in rest; without spiritual effort, there can be no joyful understanding of life.

Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.

Oliver Stone

I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school. Three years later I got my first championship in China.

Jet Li

I don't want to imitate life in movies I want to represent it. And in that representation, you use the colors you feel, and sometimes they are fake colors. But always it's to show one emotion.

Pedro Almodovar

The question is what I wanted to do with the new life God has given me. This is the mission I want to take on.

Billy Tauzin

And only now, when he was gray-haired, had he fallen in love properly, thoroughly, for the first time in his life.

Anton Chekhov

They say: In the long run truth will triumph; but it is untrue.

Anton Chekhov

The man who is prepared has his battle half fought.

Miguel de Cervantes

When you close your eyes to tragedy, you close your eyes to greatness.

Stephen Vizinczey

That´s the problem with planning a late night supper after the opera, not only does the hero or the heroine die singing, but you end up famished after the last notes of the finale.

E.A. Bucchianeri

I consider a goal as a journey rather than a destination. And each year I set a new goal.

Curtis Carlson

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.

Stephen King

Now, people when I say that look at me and say, 'What are you talking about, Joe? You're telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?'. The answer is yes, that's what I'm telling you.

Joe Biden