"A resilient spirit knows that the true master is an eternal student."

"Nature teaches us a valuable lesson: the light of knowledge dispels the darkness of ignorance."

"It is a humble truth that every season of life has its own unique blossom, if only we take care to notice."

"It is a enduring truth that to speak the truth in a season of deceit is an act of supreme bravery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I want to reform the tax code so that it's simple, fair, and asks the wealthiest households to pay higher taxes on incomes over $250,000 - the same rate we had when Bill Clinton was president the same rate we had when our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest surplus in history, and a lot of millionaires to boot."

"Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster, and not many people can keep their balance on it."

"Marathon running, like golf, is a game for players, not winners. That is why Callaway sells golf clubs and Nike sells running shoes. But running is unique in that the world's best racers are on the same course, at the same time, as amateurs, who have as much chance of winning as your average weekend warrior would scoring a touchdown in the NFL."

"I like acting for myself as a director. I act and I know that I'll have a chance to have some say in what gets used and that I'll be able to give myself enough takes and be on the same page as myself about how the scene should play."