As a chess player one has to be able to control one's feelings, one has to be as cold as a machine.
Now [after doing Pilates], I have muscles of steel and could easily deal with giving birth.
Basically, my life is so boring, it's embarrassing.
My grandmother was utterly convinced I'd wind up as the Archbishop of Canterbury. And, to be honest, I've never entirely ruled it out.
I just don't believe in love at first sight any more, even though I've based my whole career on the concept.
I'm a laugh tart. I make no secret of that fact.
I cling to the fantasy that I could have done something more creative. Like actually writing a script, or writing a book. But the awful truth is that I. . . probably can't!
You can't measure success if you have never failed. My father has taught me that if you really do want to reach your goals, you can't spend any time worrying about whether you're going to win or lose. Focus only on getting better.
Writing is grunt work - you need to have self-motivation, perseverance, and faith. . . talent is the smallest part of it.
. . . [T]he Constitution conferred only a few specific powers on the federal government, all others being denied to it (as the Tenth Amendment would make plain). Unfortunately, only a tiny fraction of the U. S. population today - subtle logicians like you - can grasp such nuances. Too bad. The Constitution wasn't meant to be a brain-twister.
Another big moment in terms of that feeling was David Petraeus: if the director of the CIA can't get away with having a secret relationship, then what hope do you have? It's not really an original idea, but there's something that goes along with power and celebrity that starts to make you feel like you're impervious to certain forces that the rest of us have to live with.