“My mantra is: Realize you're going to fail all the time, and accept it. That doesn't mean I'm not frightened of it.” - Mark Burnett “I learned firsthand that there would simply be no wars if people engaged in real conversation.” - Mark Burnett
“All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force... We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter.” - Max Planck
“Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.” - Oprah Winfrey
“For me, life happened, just as it does for anyone else. I have been supremely lucky in my life in that I have known great love, and of course I am the temporary custodian of some incredible and beautiful things. But I have never felt more alive than when I watched my children delight in something, never more alive than when I have watched a great artist perform, and never richer than when I have scored a big check to fight AIDS. Follow your passion, follow your heart, and the things you need will come.” - Elizabeth Taylor
“Women want men, careers, money, children, friends, luxury, comfort, independence, freedom, respect, love, and a three-dollar pantyhose that won't run.” - Phyllis Diller “What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.” - Oprah Winfrey “The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.” - Oprah Winfrey “I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.” - Oprah Winfrey “I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.” - Oprah Winfrey “The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.” - Oprah Winfrey “Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.” - Oprah Winfrey
“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.” - Alexander Pope
“Sure, I suffered a lot. But it's not like the end of the world and it's not who I am. I lead quite a pleasant life and I'm able to divorce a perceived reality from my actual experience of life.” - Ben Affleck “Marriage hasn't been my thing. But gay people, knock yourselves out!” - Ben Affleck “I'm not the type of guy who enjoys one-night stands. It leaves me feeling very empty and cynical. It's not even fun sexually. I need to feel something for the woman and entertain the vain hope that it may lead to a relationship.” - Ben Affleck
“I never felt comfortable with myself, because I was never part of the majority. I always felt awkward and shy and on the outside of the momentum of my friends' lives.” - Steven Spielberg
