I had a passionate zest for Key West life in all of its little details. I'm not sure why or where that came from, but I was so excited to be there.
I can't stay friends with anyone who doesn't have a passion for something; and, generally speaking, artistic people, creative people carry it right into the kitchen, too. They have a zest for life; the excitement of living. All of the great eaters I've known are also men of great wit.
I am sarcastic and dry, but I also have a pretty huge zest for life.
I think one in five Americans has a disability of some sort. That's 20% of the population, and yet we rarely ever see people with disabilities on-screen, and their stories and their resilience and their zest for life and their humor and their humanity.
Well, for me, I grew up in the Carolinas, and it's our mythology. Those are the characters that we learn about how to live life and moral lessons. It wasn't Zeus and Athena. It was Job and Jesus.
Like, my whole life I've been right here in this zip code, 90059. Regardless of wherever I go I always end up in the same spot.
Our children... deserve to grow up in an environment where fear is not their constant companion. And I'm determined to do everything I can to make sure every kid - in every neighborhood regardless of zip code, economic status and race or ethnicity - is able to live a life of safety.
The principles you know determines what you get.
Stars, everywhere. So many stars that I could not for the life me understand how the sky could contain them all yet be so black.
It's okay if you don't like me. Not everyone has good taste.
It is not about moving past the tragedy in our life, but simply moving forward.
Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.
Don't try to impress others by showing a fake personality because they will love your fake personality not the real you.
Technology should be part of life but life should not be part of technology.
Perfect is a stereotype
How fleeting are all human passions compared to the massive continuity of ducks.
How you carry yourself, what you stand for -- that’s how you gain respect. But, little one, ain’t nobody’s respect worth more than your own.
No one can take better care of you than you yourself.
"If I was an innocent girl forever I would be forever naive, not knowing the evils of this rotten world."
You could rattle the stars,’ she whispered. ‘You could do anything, if you only dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That’s what scares you most.