But by taking the time away, getting myself off the treadmill, and just slowing down and learning, I felt I had so much more to give back. And maybe that was something that needed to happen for all of us.

Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you.

Doug Coupland

What is truth? Truth doesn't really exist. Who is going to judge whether my experience of an incident is more valid than yours? No one can be trusted to be the judge of that.

Tracey Emin

We can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures.

Jennifer Granholm

After my spectacular failures, I could not be satisfied with an ordinary success.

Mason Cooley

Happiness, as is evident, depends partly upon external circumstances and partly upon oneself.

Bertrand Russell

After a decade this glum, we deserved a shot of 'Glee,' a show that restored our faith in the power of song, the beauty of dance, and the magic of 'spirit fingers' to chase our cares and woes into somebody else's backyard.

James Wolcott

Working on such a big film was amazing. I learned a lot. There weren't too many stunts, just some doubling.

Christopher Parker

It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.

Leo Buscaglia

A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.

Thomas Jefferson

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved

Helen Keller

I know of no more disagreeable situation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at.

Frank Moore Colby