"I still need practice in enjoying the fruits of success."

“Well, my parents originally wanted me to become a doctor - that's why I was in school; I was pre-med, and I graduated with a degree in psychology and a concentration in neuroscience. Really, the plan was for me to go to med school.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“It would be against all nature for all the Negroes to be either at the bottom, top, or in between. We will go where the internal drive carries us like everybody else. It is up to the individual.”

“It is true that building a green economy will not be good for everyone's jobs. Notably, people working in the fossil fuel industry will face major job losses. The communities in which these jobs are concentrated will also face significant losses. But the solution here is straightforward: Just Transition policies for the workers, families and communities who will be hurt as the coal, oil and natural gas industries necessarily contract to zero over roughly the next 30 years.”

Source : Source: www.truth-out.org

“But Madonna has a small amount of talent when it comes to movies.”

Source : "Madonna Slams Jewison for Attacking Her Acting" by wenn.com, April 28, 2005.

“My loneliness turned itself inside out and I grew myself a kind of perverse pride.”

“I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet.”

Source : "Laugh Off: The Comedy Showdown Between Real Life and the Pros". Book by Bob Fenster, 2005.

“A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.”

“The most important thing for any of us to be in our jobs is curious.”