An individual without information can't take responsibility. An individual with information can't help but take responsibility.
I'm Scottish first, and it's odd to hear that I'm a Scottish-American.
My mum always told me I was precious, while my dad always told me I was worthless. I think that's a good grounding for a balanced life.
It's about how you exist as a person in the world, and the idea that your work is more important than you as a person is a horrible, horrible message. I always think about a little gay boy in Wisconsin or a little lesbian in Arkansas seeing someone like me, and if I cannot be open in my life, how on earth can they?
You should *have* an experience; it shouldn't just *be* an experience.
Some things are just really difficult to do. That's what I find hard. I usually can find a way to do a character to make it real and work. But sometimes it's a struggle sustaining that, because there's such a level of personal involvement and personal, physical, and emotional distraughtness.
I think people deny themselves by putting themselves into categories.
People don't really know me at all.
. . . top management should spend 40 to 50 percent of its time educating and motivating its people. . .
An endangered planet may depend on the evolution of consciousness.
Treat the elderly as a nonrenewable resource; they care!