The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
Speech is a very important aspect of being human. A whisper doesn't cut it.
I just feel compelled to continue to be transparent. It just really levels the playing field and eradicates the shame that I have, or that one might have, about being human. So I'm going to just keep going.
The idea that being human and having rights are equivalent - that rights are inherent - is unintelligible in a Darwinian world.
Oh, humiliation is poisonous. It's one of the deepest pains of being human.
There's no huge, deep message in any of the songs. We recorded a few months of being human.
There's a lot of mediocrity being celebrated, and a lot of wonderful stuff being ignored or discouraged.
People who've only seen me perform might assume that I'm confident and that being ignored wouldn't bother me - but it does.
For decades, activist shareholders were an entertaining, but largely ignored, Wall Street sideshow. Disgruntled investors would attend annual meetings to harangue executives, criticize strategies - and protest that their complaints were being ignored.
In a way, bullying is an ordinary evil. It's hugely prevalent, all too often ignored - and being ignored, it is therefore condoned.
Everyone wants to be liked; everyone wants approval. No one likes being ignored.
I hate being ignored.
There's a big difference between falling in love and being in love. There's a big difference between infatuation and falling in love.
Of course I love being in love - but it is marriage that really fulfills me. But not in every case.
Being in love makes you feel kind of naive.
I love emotion. I love being in love. And showing that on screen. I think it's wonderful.
I wanted to show people that I don't just make love songs that are about purely being in love.
President Obama is in no danger of being judged by history as an eco-radical.
Being yourself, or being judged as yourself, is really scary.
