If you want to change a person, you've got to change the situation.
TV is sort of the only way to go for an actress my age to make a decent salary; with independent films, you just can't.
Be present. I would encourage you with all my heart just to be present. Be present and open to the moment that is unfolding before you. Because, ultimately, your life is made up of moments. So don't miss them by being lost in the past or anticipating the future.
When you learn not to want things so badly, life comes to you.
Moments of pure happiness. . . come upon you unexpectedly. Don't be too preoccupied to experience them.
The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.
I regret those times when I've chosen the dark side. I've wasted enough time not being happy.
And suddenly solitude fell across his heart like a dusty reflection. He closed his eyes. The dark doors within him opened and he entered. The next performance in the theater of Grenouille's soul was beginning.
My dad and I get into it all the time. He loves to discuss politics much more than I do and we have pretty heated conversations.
If one's careful study of the facts shows that the Catholic Church is correct about Jesus-his life, teachings, death, and Resurrection-then why not give the Church the benefit of the doubt and carefully study her reasons for rejecting contraception, homosexual acts, and women's ordination?
You have to make sure that [grants] reach people by virtue of their Identity Documents.