My public caricature - that of a self-confident alpha male - is only partly accurate.
It is only through the opposition of ideas that we can learn to be self-critical, to work towards intellectual humility.
Indeed it is the protean ability of Western civilization to be self-critical and self-correcting - not only in producing wealth but over the whole range of human activities - that constitutes its most decisive superiority over any of its rivals.
When we carried out air strike across the border after the Pulwama terror attack, we had told the international community that we took that step in self-defence only. We had told the international community that the armed forces were instructed not to harm any Pakistani citizen or its soldier during the strike.
I only direct in self-defense.
Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is required in self-defense.
There are seeds of self-destruction in all of us that will bear only unhappiness if allowed to grow.
The Founders were anything but demigods to themselves and their contemporaries, who recognized full well that the experiment in self-government had only begun.
We're all self-made, but only successful people admit it.
When Marcus Garvey spoke about self-reliance, he wasn't only talking about people of colour. It's like self-reliance in general, for anyone. Just keep moving and moving within the right direction, and everything will be all right.
Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.
If one wants another only for some self-satisfaction, usually in the form of sensual pleasure, that wrong desire takes the form of lust rather than love.
I was only 5'10'' until I was a senior in high school.
I have wrestled in almost every tournament in the world. I've won the Olympics, NCAAs, and World Championships, but none of those can truly compare to the feeling I felt when I won my first and only state championship my senior year of high school.
I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely.
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
My show is a sensory assault... in a very brief manner - the show is only 25 minutes long.
I loved Westerns for different reasons as an adult. It is not only our only native brand of storytelling - the only one that's not influenced by Europeans and not something that's done better by the French - but I also love the sensuality of the Western. The sights, sounds, and smell of a Western are very exciting.
What did Sept. 11 do? It took me from 60-70 percent name recognition as mayor of New York to about 90 percent. Of course it had an impact. But it's not the only reason I was successful.
After 'Pitch Perfect,' I only want to be in sequels. No. 2 of whatever.
